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Personal info

Full name
TIEFENTHAL, Robert Wicks
Date of birth
10 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Hometown
Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36897620
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 43

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Tiefenthal (father)
Bernice L. (Wicks) Tiefenthal (mother)

More information

Pfc Robert W. Tiefenthal graduated from North High School and attended the University of Michigan for about one year before he enlisted on 3 February 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tiefenthal Family Tree http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: North High School 1942 Northern Lights Yearbook (Worcester, Massachusetts)