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Personal info

Full name
ARMBRUSTER, Robert Bernard
Date of birth
11 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hamburg, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32029381
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Trois Ponts, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 1 28

Immediate family

Members
Anthony A. Armbruster (father)
Margaret H. (Welker) Armbruster (mother)
Mary C. Armbruster (sister)
Joseph F. Armbruster (brother)
Aloysuis A. Armbruster (brother)
Sylvester E. Armbruster (brother)
Ruth Armbruster (sister)
Esther Armbruster (sister)
Bernadette M. Armbruster (sister)
Urban F. Armbruster (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert B. Armbruster graduated from Hamburg High School where he played football. The also playd football for the local team of Hamburg.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 30 November 1940 and volunteered for the paratroopers in 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.517prct.org, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Bufallo Evening News - 25 January 1945