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Personal info

Full name
WRIGHT, Robert E
Date of birth
12 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-515946
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
759th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 18 4

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Wright (father)
Lois Wright (mother)
John L. Wright (brother)
La Verne Wright (sister)
Rose E. Wright (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, via Armand Hendriks