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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Robert Paul
Date of birth
27 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
North College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35678863
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Near Jallaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 74

Immediate family

Members
Charles G. Meyer (father)
Florence E. (Kropfeld) Meyer (mother)
Marie H. Meyer (sister)
Gladys Meyer (sister)
Mildred Meyer (sister)
Carl Meyer (brother)
Clarence G. Meyer (brother)
Arnetta M. Meyer (sister)
Ralph A. Meyer (brother)
Dorothy Meyer (sister)
Margaret L. Meyer (sister)
William Meyer (brother)
Charlotta Meyer (sister)
Carol A. Meyer (sister)
Wanda S. (Engel) Meyer (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert P. Meyer attended high school for one year and was employed at the Herschede Hall Clock Company before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 19 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Meyer Family Tree / North Carolina Marriage Records / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman / HCHS Ohio
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