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Personal info

Full name
RANKIN, Robert Walter
Date of birth
9 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1030927
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Medelsheim-Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 25 29

Immediate family

Members
Walter S. Rankin (father)
Harriett (Howe) Rankin (mother)
Charles Rankin (brother)
Elizabeth Rankin (sister)
Sarah W. Rankin (sister)
Betsy K. Rankin (wife)

More information

1st Lt Robert W. Rankin was a sales clerk employed by the Marshall Fields Company before he joined the National Guard in Chicago, Illinois in 20 November 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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