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Personal info

Full name
VOLZ, Robert Raymond
Date of birth
18 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bellevue, Campbell County, Kentucky
Hometown
St. Bernard, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1011387
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicitiny of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 22

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence G. Volz (father)
Cornelia M. (Diehl) Volz (mother)
Venetia Volz (sister)
Gertrude Volz (sister)
Claire Volz (sister)

More information

Capt Robert R. Volz graduated from Roger Bacon High School and the University of Cincinnati.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 3 April 1941.

In a period in July 1944, when his battalion was in a defensive position at Raids, France, Capt Volz, with his line crew, braved enemy fire to repair vital communication wires between the companies and the battalion command post. for this action he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

He planned to get married to Lt. Marion Campbell in England who was an Army nurse in Belgium. A few days before he was killed, he had sent a check to his brother-in-law, asking him to buy a lot in Mount Healthy so they could build a house after the war.

His sister Claire was a U.S. Marine corporal and Gertrude a WAC sergeant.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer - 22 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Cincinnati Post - 16 March 1945, Bacon High School 1936 Troubadour Yearbook