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Personal info

Full name
NAVE, Robert Louis
Date of birth
10 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35550966
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Near Perl, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Guy S. Nave (father)
Hildegarde A. (Gaik) Nave (mother)
Kathryn A. Nave (sister)
Mary L. Nave (sister)
Hildegarde A. Nave (sister)
Guy S. Nave Jr. (brother)
Margaret J. Nave (sister)
William E. Nave (brother)
Mary A. (Cooper) Nave (wife)
Barbara J. Nave (daughter)

More information

Pfc Robert L. Nave graduated from Central High School in June, 1941 and was employed at W. A. Radke Studebaker's.

He enlisted in Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 22 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Boekhout Costlow Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks South Bend Indiana