Bob was the Grandson of my Great Aunt, Myrtle Leota (BURT) Dearth.
Bob was a PFC with Company "F" of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division when he was killed.
The FIND A GRAVE city selector does not have it listed, but Bob was actually killed at a little village in the Normandy District, about 13 miles from Omaha Beach by the name of La Fièr on the Merderet River.
This is the information the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has on Bob, and can also be obtained from NARA if you are a registered user of their database. I will post his obituary above this information. I have a copy of the telegram the Army sent to his folks when Bob was killed. I'm not sure I want to post something that personal.
Name: Robert J Dearth
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Vinton
Enlistment Date: 18 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerks
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 148
Name: Robert J Dearth
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Ohio
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 35508534
Died during Normany Invasion with the 82nd Airborne. Buried at Londonderry Cemetery, Ross, Ohio, USA
.
Bob was a PFC with Company "F" of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division when he was killed.
The FIND A GRAVE city selector does not have it listed, but Bob was actually killed at a little village in the Normandy District, about 13 miles from Omaha Beach by the name of La Fièr on the Merderet River.
This is the information the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has on Bob, and can also be obtained from NARA if you are a registered user of their database. I will post his obituary above this information. I have a copy of the telegram the Army sent to his folks when Bob was killed. I'm not sure I want to post something that personal.
Name: Robert J Dearth
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Vinton
Enlistment Date: 18 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerks
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 148
Name: Robert J Dearth
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Ohio
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 35508534
Died during Normany Invasion with the 82nd Airborne. Buried at Londonderry Cemetery, Ross, Ohio, USA
.
Bob was the Grandson of my Great Aunt, Myrtle Leota (BURT) Dearth.
Bob was a PFC with Company "F" of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division when he was killed.
The FIND A GRAVE city selector does not have it listed, but Bob was actually killed at a little village in the Normandy District, about 13 miles from Omaha Beach by the name of La Fièr on the Merderet River.
This is the information the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has on Bob, and can also be obtained from NARA if you are a registered user of their database. I will post his obituary above this information. I have a copy of the telegram the Army sent to his folks when Bob was killed. I'm not sure I want to post something that personal.
Name: Robert J Dearth
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Vinton
Enlistment Date: 18 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerks
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 148
Name: Robert J Dearth
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Ohio
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 35508534
Died during Normany Invasion with the 82nd Airborne. Buried at Londonderry Cemetery, Ross, Ohio, USA
.
Bob was a PFC with Company "F" of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division when he was killed.
The FIND A GRAVE city selector does not have it listed, but Bob was actually killed at a little village in the Normandy District, about 13 miles from Omaha Beach by the name of La Fièr on the Merderet River.
This is the information the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has on Bob, and can also be obtained from NARA if you are a registered user of their database. I will post his obituary above this information. I have a copy of the telegram the Army sent to his folks when Bob was killed. I'm not sure I want to post something that personal.
Name: Robert J Dearth
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State of Residence: Ohio
County or City: Vinton
Enlistment Date: 18 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Fort Thomas Newport
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Shipping and receiving clerks
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 148
Name: Robert J Dearth
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Ohio
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 35508534
Died during Normany Invasion with the 82nd Airborne. Buried at Londonderry Cemetery, Ross, Ohio, USA
.
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I would like to thank Pam Coder for her gracious generosity in helping me reunite the BURT/DEARTH portion of the Paternal side of my family.
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