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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, Robert Henry
Date of birth
19 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Williamsburg, Franklin County, Kansas
Hometown
Franklin County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37736074
Rank
Private
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 April 1945
Place of death
Harz Mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 28

Immediate family

Members
Ira Collins (father)
Elsie M. (Quillen) Collins (mother)
Edgar I. Collins (brother)
Edna M. Collins (sister)
Russell L. Collins (brother)
Calvin C. Collins (brother)
Harold E. Collins (brother)
Georgia R. Collins (sister)
Harley E. Collins (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert H. Collins worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Levenworth, Kansas on 29 February 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar
Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet