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Personal info

Full name
QUENT, Robert Norbert
Date of birth
8 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42135620
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 3 23

Immediate family

Members
Leonard Quent (father)
Elizabeth F. (Hoffmann) Quent (mother)
Ethel Quent (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert Quent enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 29 May 1944. He attended high school for 4 years and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Daily News 10 February 1945