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Personal info

Full name
MULLINS, Robert Alvin
Date of birth
12 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Twin Branch, McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
12049131
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Opheusden, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 2 3

Immediate family

Members
Robert L. Mullins (father)
Julia A. (Strickler) Mullins (mother)
Strickler Z. Mullins (brother)
Samuel W. Mullins (brother)
Richard W. Mullins (brother)
June Mullins (sister)
Almeda Mullins (sister)
Juanita Mullins (sister)
Mary E. (Moreau) Mullins (wife)
Barbara E. Mullins (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Robert A. Mullins graduated from Oak Hill High School in 1933 where he was a football star and was a member of the drama club. He attended Marshall University for three years

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Camden, New Jersey on 21 July 1942.
He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for bravery during the Normandy campaign.

S/Sgt Robert A. Mullins was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek in the Netherlands.

His brother Sam served with the Marine Corps in the Pacific.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.newspapers.com - The Raleigh Register, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: www.marketgarden.com, family collection - courtesy of Debbie Holloman