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Personal info

Full name
ROBBINS, Charles Andrew "Beaner"
Date of birth
12 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Lexington, Scott County, Indiana
Hometown
Lexington, Scott County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
6984143
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 22

Immediate family

Members
William Robbins (father)
Maude (Whitlatch) Robbins (mother)
Floyd W. Robbins (brother)
Gladys M. Robbins (sister)
M. Louise Robbins (sister)

More information

Sgt Charles A. Robbins joined the Regular Army on 21 November 1939 and was sent overseas on 19 December 1943.

His brother Floyd also served during WW2.

Source of information: André Koch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana U.S. Birth Certificates

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Scott County Journal - 8 February 1945