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1st Lt Robert James Kaufman

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1st Lt Robert James Kaufman

Birth
Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Nov 1944 (aged 27)
Barr, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Burial
Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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Plot A Row 6 Grave 8
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First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 48th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division. Robert entered the service from Ohio. He was a tank commander and died as a result of wounds received from an attack on his tank and while rescuing other members of his tank crew. He was captured and died in a German hospital unit in the town of Barr, Haut-Rhin, Alsace. Awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 48th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division. Robert entered the service from Ohio. He was a tank commander and died as a result of wounds received from an attack on his tank and while rescuing other members of his tank crew. He was captured and died in a German hospital unit in the town of Barr, Haut-Rhin, Alsace. Awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.

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  • Maintained by: Rick France Relative Parent-in-law
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56373389/robert_james-kaufman: accessed ), memorial page for 1st Lt Robert James Kaufman (6 Nov 1917–28 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56373389, citing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Rick France (contributor 46581221).