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Personal info

Full name
BARNETT, Robert Spencer
Date of birth
2 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
6147731
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 66

Immediate family

Members
Mildred Barnett (mother)

More information

Sgt Robert S. Barnett joined the Regular Army on 27 February 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts Birth Index, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen