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Personal info

Full name
TRUELL, Robert Salathiel
Date of birth
10 December 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Perry County, Tennessee
Hometown
Cumberland County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32071000
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 24

Immediate family

Members
Raleigh Truell (father)
Lucy T. (Ferguson) Truell (mother)
Ferguson Truell (brother)
Jewell Truell (sister)
Louise Truell (sister)
Grant Truell (brother)
Elva Truell (sister)
Robert Qualls (son)

More information



When Robert Truell was 24, he left Perry County, Tennessee and ventured east to look for work as a musician. He met Shorty Cook in Salisbury, Maryland in the late 30´s and together they formed the group The Downhomers. The Downhomers played regularly on WSNJ radio in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 3 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - James M Qualls, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - James M Qualls