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Personal info

Full name
SOFRIN, Robert Edward
Date of birth
19 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31422135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy-Gérardmer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 9

Immediate family

Members
Robert E. Sofrin (father)
Catharina L. (McKenna) Sofrin (mother)
John A. Sofrin (brother)
Gertrude Sofrin (sister)
Susan Sofrin (sister)
Raymond Sofrin (brother)
Marie Sofrin (sister)
Charles Sofrin (brother)
Frances (Cordima) Sofrin (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert E. Sofrin attended high school for two years and was a filling station attendant.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 September 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in the stomach.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy