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Personal info

Full name
COUGHLIN, Robert Patrick
Date of birth
18 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
Hometown
Howard County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35095856
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 17 9

Immediate family

Members
John Coughlin (father)
Lelah E. (Davis) Coughlin (mother)
Mary C. Coughlin (brother)
Catherine D. Coughlin (sister)
John H. Coughlin (brother)
James H. Coughlin (brother)
George E. Coughlin (brother)
Frederick T. Coughlin (brother)
Agnes E. Coughlin (sister)
Rosemary W. Coughlin (sister)
Virginia L. Coughlin (sister)
Florence M. Coughlin (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert P. Coughlin attended Kokomo High School.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 6 March 1943. He was sent overseas in October, 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Birth Record / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Kokomo Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Diana L. Whitis / Dan Cain