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Personal info

Full name
CARLBERG, Robert Edwin
Date of birth
18 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31432614
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 12

Immediate family

Members
Andres O. Carlberg (father)
Jennie E. Carlberg (mother)
John Carlberg (brother)
William B. Carlberg (brother)
Doris M. (Wasburn) Carlberg (wife)
Dennis Carlberg (son)
Robert Carlberg (son)
Richard Carlberg (son)

More information

Pvt Robert Carlberg enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 July 1944.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 12 February 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 16 January 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, WWIIMemorial, Archives - WWII Enlistment Record, Ancestry - 1930 Census / Vermont Marriage Records, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ralph Peeters, Hans Wijnands - Becca Carlberg (granddaughter)