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Personal info

Full name
SEVERSON, Robert Duncan
Date of birth
13 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Hometown
Winnebago County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36971875
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 49

Immediate family

Members
Samuel E. Zook (father)
Harry Severson (stepfather)
Fannie B. (Rupp) Severson (mother)
John Severson (brother)
Josephine Severson (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert D. Severson graduated from West High School in Rockford, Illinois in 1943 and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He is remembered in Rockland, Greenwood Cemetery at the family plot.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Ernie Fuhr, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Fannie Severson, Monty McDaniel, www.findagrave.com - usafdo / Ernie Fuhr, West High School - 1943