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Personal info

Full name
MARCOTTE, Robert Russell
Date of birth
26 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11084721
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Michamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Edmond Marcotte (father)
Irene (Faford) Marcotte (mother)
Paul Marcotte (brother)
Irene D. Marcotte (sister)
Jeanette Marcotte (sister)
Henry W. Marcotte (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert R. Marcotte volunteered for the U.S. Army in Manchester, New Hampshire on 20 November 1942.

Pvt Marcotte was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us


Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery