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MENDENHALL, Robert Wylie - Date of
birth
4 March 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
York, York County, South Carolina -
Hometown
Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34844729 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 March 1945 - Place of
death
Near Trier, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frank E. Mendenhall Sr. (father)
Evelyn (Brakefield) Mendenhall (mother)
Frank E. Mendenhall Jr. (brother)
George M. Mendenhall (brother)
More information
Pvt Robert W. Mendenhall attended Great Falls High School for four years before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, North Carolina on 24 September 1943.He is remembered at the Evergreen Cemetery in Chester, Chester County, South Carolina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Parks Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - Robin Pellicci Moore / Rick and Kathy Wright
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Robin Pellicci Moore / Kyle Parks