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Personal info

Full name
SAUERS, Robert James
Date of birth
27 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-1016123
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
31st Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 40

Immediate family

Members
Erwin W. Sauers (father)
Louisa M. (Epple) Sauers (mother)
Dorothy L. Sauers (sister)
Germaine S. (Follansbee) Sauers (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Robert J. Sauers graduated from Fairview High School and attended Kent State University for one year.

The family name was changed from Sauernheimer.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Plain Dealer - 15 February 1945