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ZWICKY, Robert Herbert - Date of
birth
27 February 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1317970 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 September 1944 - Place of
death
Near Wettlingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Herbert W. Zwicky (father)
Julia H. Zwicky (mother)
Alan Zwicky (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Robert H. Zwicky graduated from Marquette High School in 1939 and attended Oshkosh State Teachers College. He was employed as an office clerk at Wisconsin National Life Insurance Company.He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 29 August 1942. He was sent overseas in May 1944.
On the occasion of the liberation of Paris, the 28th Infantry Division was given the honor of parading down the Champs Elysees on 29 August 1944. A postage stamp was issued to commemorate this event and it shows Lt Zwicky marching at the head of his men.
Lt Zwicky is remembered at Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – The Hawkins Family, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Oshkosh Northwestern 10 October 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Wisconsin, The Oshkosh Northwestern - 12 June 1945, www.findagrave.com - JAZ