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Personal info

Full name
ROBINSON, Joe Warren
Date of birth
4 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Carroll County, Georgia
Hometown
Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34446245
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
323rd Field Artillery Battalion,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Malempré, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 9

Immediate family

Members
Joe W. Robinson (father)
Nora Robinson (mother)
Ayers Robinson (sister)
Kimena Robinson (sister)
Reba Robinson (sister)

More information

Sgt Joe W. Robinson attended high school for three years and was a farmer.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 8 October 1942.
Sgt Joe W. Robinson was killed by an American anti-tank mine, while he was putting his gun into position.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/ - Richard Louis