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Personal info

Full name
STRUDWICK, Robert Herman
Date of birth
22 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058031
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 10 32

More information

Pfc Robert H. Strudwick enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 7 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/139/139_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten