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Personal info

Full name
STONE, Robert Joseph
Date of birth
7 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine
Hometown
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31216077
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Bouzonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 16

Immediate family

Members
George H. Stone (father)
Winifred (Parent) Stone (mother)
George J. Stone (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert J. Stone attended high school for four years and was an amusement foreman before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 2 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Brad Brouillard Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.10tharmored.com
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