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Personal info

Full name
EVANS, Robert Michael
Date of birth
11 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
6902252
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Grevels-Brésil, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 8 24

Immediate family

Members
John S. Evans (father)
Florence M. (Frey) Evans (mother)
Florence Evans (sister)
Helen Evans (sister)
Doris Evans (sister)
Kathlyn Evans (daughter)
Robert Evans (son)

More information

Sgt Robert M. Evans attended high school for two years and was employed at the Erie Railroad before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Buffalo News - 12 January 1945