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Personal info

Full name
BOYLE, Robert Joseph
Date of birth
5 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35500124
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 19 19

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. J. Boyle (father)
Theresa M. (Scholl) Boyle (mother)
Arthur Boyle (brother)
Earl Boyle (brother)
Roy Boyle (brother)
Evelyn Boyle (sister)
Esther Boyle (sister)
LaVerne Boyle (sister)
Lois M. Boyle (sister)
Gladys Boyle (sister)
Mary L. Boyle (sister)
Katherine (Matt) Boyle (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert J. Boyle attended Cuyahoga Falls High School.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cleveland Plain Dealer - 4 October 1944