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Personal info

Full name
WITTREIN, Robert Lee
Date of birth
26 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Silverton, Marion County, Oregon
Hometown
Silverton, Marion County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39339746
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Vic-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 98

Immediate family

Members
Max Wittrein (father)
Margaret O. (Mills) Wittrein (mother)
Max W. Wittrein (brother)
Fred R. Wittrein (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert L. Wittrein attended high school for four years and was employed at the Silverton Flax Company before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 16 September 1943.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Capital Journal 6 June 1945

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