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Personal info

Full name
PIERCE, Robert Stephen
Date of birth
11 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36810234
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bonnerue, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 6 1

Immediate family

Members
William N. Pierce (father)
Mary J. Pierce (mother)
William Pierce (brother)
Franklin Pierce (brother)
John Pierce (brother)
Patricia Pierce (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, 1940 US Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Riverside High School 1929, yearbook