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Personal info

Full name
HUME, Robert Allen W
Date of birth
21 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington
Hometown
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39202308
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 6 15

Immediate family

Members
Thomas K. Hume (father)
Avice A. (Shaw) Hume (mother)
David S. Hume (brother)
Thomas W. Hume (brother)

More information

T/5 Robert A. W. Hume was a baker at the Continental Bakery before he enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 25 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Norr Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Olympian 14 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery