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Personal info

Full name
BARBARITA, Robert John
Date of birth
4 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32783479
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
55th Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Acul, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 3 20

Immediate family

Members
Guiliano A. Barbarita (father)
Carmela A. (Romano) Barbarita (mother)
Antoinette Barbarita (sister)
Rose M. Barbarita (sister)
James A. Barbarita (brother)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com -1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, www.11tharmoreddivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten