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Personal info

Full name
TILLSON, Robert Connor "Skip"
Date of birth
27 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
Hometown
Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-407740
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles B. Tillson (father)
Georgina B. (Johnson) Tillson (mother)
Eva M. Tillson (sister)
Chloe E. Tillson (sister)
Charles B. Tillson Jr. (brother)
Wilma A. (Thompson) Tillson (wife)

More information

Capt Robert C. Tillson graduated from Wayland High School in 1937 and Massachusetts State College in 1941.

He enlisted on 14 July 1941 at Fort Meyers, Virginia and was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 24 November 1944 in France and recovered for two months in a hospital in England.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Charles B. Tillson, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Mazatti Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Massachusetts State College 1941