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Personal info

Full name
YUNKHERR, Robert Otto
Date of birth
26 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36244478
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
South of Schevenhütte, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 4 48

Immediate family

Members
Otto A. Yunkherr (father)
Meta (Kienbaum) Yunkherr (mother)
Grace E. Yunkherr (sister)
Carl H. Yunkherr (brother)
Hildegarde Yunkherr (sister)
Dorothy E. Yunkherr (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert O. Yunkherr enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 9 June 1942. He attended Merrill High School for 4 years and was a shoe maker before he enlisted.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.history.army.mil, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Merrill High School Yearbook 1936