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Personal info

Full name
MCLAIN, Robert Arl "Bob"
Date of birth
19 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sims, Grant County, Indiana
Hometown
Swayzee, Grant County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15334484
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tank Gunner
Unit
B Company,
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the Chambrey/Arracourt area, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arl Creston McLain (father)
Edith F. (Riley) McLain (mother)
Max E. Mclain (brother)
Donald L. McLain (brother)
Betty (McLain) Charnell (sister)
Arlene McLain (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert A. McLain enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 30 October 1942.

The picture of the marker is taken on Trailkill Cemetery, Grant County, Indiana.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / McLain/Black Family Tree / Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940

Photo source: Charles Webb, www.findagrave.com - LYoung