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Personal info

Full name
KAYE, Robert W
Date of birth
14 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12023547
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Hamich, Hurtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 48

Immediate family

Members
Lillian M. Melera (mother)
Walter W. Melera (stepfather)
Clyde Melera (half brother)

More information

S/Sgt Robert W. Kaye joined the Regular Army in Buffalo, New York on 30 January 1941. He attended high school for 1 year and was an errand boy before he joined the army.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, United States Military Forum, www.16thinfantry.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / City Directory / 1940 Census

Photo source: Tom Verheiden, Green Bay Gazette - 16 December 1944