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Personal info

Full name
MCFADDEN, Robert
Date of birth
5 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Santa Ana, Orange County, California
Hometown
Santa Ana, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
O-350919
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
409th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the area of Denting, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 18 38

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. McFadden (father)
Anna J. (Kelso) McFadden (mother)
Mary K. McFadden (sister)
Edith E. McFadden (sister)
Annabelle McFadden (sister)
Flora M. McFadden (sister)
Jean E. (Robertson) McFadden (wife)
Mary Ann McFadden (daughter)

More information

Lt McFadden was married to Jean Elizabeth Robertson on 18 August 1940.

According the morning report of the 409th Inf. 1Lt Robert McFadden was wounded by shell fragments on 20 March in the area of Reisdorf, Germany.

Source of information: André Koch, IDPF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/409th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for March 1945, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-409-e-by-name.pdf, www.newspapers.com - Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California) 3 August 1940
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mark Ladd, Santa Ana Register September 1945

www.findagrave.com, - Mark Ladd