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Personal info

Full name
CONKLIN, Robert Clarence
Date of birth
25 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Suffern, Rockland County, New York
Hometown
Rockland Lake, Rockland County, New York

Military service

Service number
32804191
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 6

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Conklin (father)
Blanche (Mott) Conklin (mother)
Mildred Conklin (sister)
Catherine Conklin (sister)
Betty Conklin (sister)
Margaret Conklin (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert C. Conklin was employed at the Capital Pierce Dye Works Inc. before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 12 February 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – R.C., www.fold3com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen