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Personal info

Full name
LAYTON, Robert Anson
Date of birth
8 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Hometown
Dilworth, Clay County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17053758
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 33

Immediate family

Members
Clayton J. Layton (father)
Helen M. (Brown) Layton (mother)
Benjamin J. Layton (brother)
Donald G. Layton (brother)
Patricia M. Layton (sister)
Elaine A. (Schumaker) Layton (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert A. Layton graduated from Dilworth High School and attended MSTC College for three years. He was employed at the Fairmont Creamery before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Fargo, North Dakota on 3 September 1942.

He was an aircraft identification instructor for two years with the Army Air Corps before he was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lackmann Layton Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Jim Childers, www.newspapers.com - Moorhead Dalily News - 29 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - bheikkila702, www.newspapers.com - Moorhead Dalily News - 29 March 1945