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ROBINSON, Clyde Frederick - Date of
birth
10 February 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont -
Hometown
Windsor County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
20111385 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
3 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bouxwiller, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 15 | 21 |
Immediate family
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Members
Homer A. Robinson (father)
Nellie A. (Carter) Robinson (mother)
Hilda M. Robinson (sister)
Harold H. Robinson (brother)
Richard C. Robinson (brother)
Maurice H. Robinson (brother)
Robert E. Robinson (brother)
More information
Cpl Clyde F. Robinson graduated from Woodstock High School for 4 years and worked on a farm before he joined the National Guard in Orange, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.
At the time of his death his brother Harold was serving in the Pacific. Two other brothes, Maurice and Robert, and a sister, Hilda, served in Europe.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: Jennie Shurtleff via Carla Mans