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Personal info

Full name
ROBLING, Everett Earl "Jack"
Date of birth
18 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Washington Township, Pike County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35570398
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Fred P. Robling (father)
Emma (Erwin) Robling (mother)
Erwin W. Robling (brother)
Ruby M. Robling (sister)
Frieda I. Robling (sister)
Charles D. Robling (brother)
Lillie S. (Emmons) Robling (wife)
Doyle Robling (son)

More information

Sgt Everett E. Robling attended high school for four years and was a routeman before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 23 November 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He is remembered at the Walnut Hill Cemetery in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Carol LaBorn Shultz Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Terry Kinman, www.newspapers.com – The Indianapolis Star 8 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Terry Kinman, The Indianapolis News, 6 February 1945 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott