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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Robert
Date of birth
24 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32454626
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 69

Immediate family

Members
Muriel C. Cole (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert Cole enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 1 August 1942 and was sent overseas in September 1943.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The News Paterson New Jersey 6 March 1945

Photo source: Astrid van Erp