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Personal info

Full name
NEWTON, Robert Howard
Date of birth
15 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Granville County, North Carolina
Hometown
Creedmoor, Granville County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34438460
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 20 22

Immediate family

Members
Logan F. Newton (father)
Lella M. (Fuller) Newton (mother)
Bennie E. Newton (brother)
Lola A. (Cole) Newton (wife)

More information

Pfc Robert H. Newton attended high school for two years and worked for the Cranford Furniture Co.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 7 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / North Carolina Marriage Records / Ronald Ayers Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Newspaper article