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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTSON, Carl Mason
Date of birth
21 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mill Spring, Wayne County, Missouri
Hometown
Orville, Butte County, California

Military service

Service number
39420784
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 48 30

Immediate family

Members
Monroe G. Robertson (father)
Julia F. (Goforth) Robertson (mother)
Jesse P. Robertson (brother)
Herbert C. Robertson (brother)
Lora E. Robertson (sister)
William M. Robertson (brother)
Vohn O. Robertson (brother)
Dorless M. Robertson (sister)
Helen E. (Taylor) Roberston (wife)
Joan E. Robertson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Carl M. Robertson was a driver at Bowmans Beverage before enlisted in Sacramento, California on 9 December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Connie Mullins Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Michael Elaine Clavin Salisbury, www.newspapers.com - Oroville Mecury Register - 28 June 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Greeley