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Personal info

Full name
TRUE, Robert A
Date of birth
23 December 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Owen County, Kentucky
Hometown
Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35816292
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bech, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Raymond L. True (father)
Bertha (Howard) True (mother)
Howard D. True (brother)
Harold R. True (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert A True enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 9 August 1944.
He is remembered at the Old Fellows Cemetery in Corinth, Grant County, Kentucky.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Donna Hoffman / fosterx