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Personal info

Full name
SUTTON, Robert Lloyd
Date of birth
8 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39218419
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 March 1945
Place of death
Near Krofdorf-Gleiberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 51

Immediate family

Members
Oscar G. Sutton (father)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Sutton was a painter before he enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 18 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet