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Personal info

Full name
MC ALPINE, Robert Bruce Jr
Date of birth
25 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas
Hometown
Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38687403
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Wachstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. McAlpine Sr. (father)
Ethel (Bennett) McAlpine (mother)
Bennie D. McAlpine (brother)
Maxime McAlpine (sister)
Stella (Stephens) McAlpine (wife)
James B. McAlpine (son)

More information

Pfc Robert B. McAlpine Jr. enlisted on 19 May 1944. He received and completed his basis training at Camp Wolters, Texas.
He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for saving the life of a comrade near Arloncourt, Belgium. During this action he was wounded for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.
He was shot in the head by a German sniper.

Source of information: FOHF

Photo source: Ruud Huijts, Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com