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Personal info

Full name
KRIBS, Robert A
Date of birth
31 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey
Hometown
Duval County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34794600
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near Neffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 24

Immediate family

Members
Alfred J. Kribs (father)
Susan A. (Dunn) Kribs (mother)
Lois A. Kribs (sister)
David E. Kribs (brother)
Jeraldine C. (Romedy) Kribs (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert A. Kribs enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 20 October 1943.

He attended high school for 3 years and was a welder and flame cutter before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Caraccia Bianco Swailes Correa Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten