Robert was single, had two years of high school, and was living in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, when he enlisted on 1 Apr 1941 at Philadelphia.
He served with B Company, 307th Airborne Engineers Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division when he jumped into Normandy on D-Day. Subsequently he was captured by the Germans and taken to Grasseth, Czechoslovakia (now: Jehlièná, Czech Republic), where he died as a prisoner of war.
He was buried temporarily in St. Avold, France.
He served with B Company, 307th Airborne Engineers Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division when he jumped into Normandy on D-Day. Subsequently he was captured by the Germans and taken to Grasseth, Czechoslovakia (now: Jehlièná, Czech Republic), where he died as a prisoner of war.
He was buried temporarily in St. Avold, France.
Robert was single, had two years of high school, and was living in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, when he enlisted on 1 Apr 1941 at Philadelphia.
He served with B Company, 307th Airborne Engineers Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division when he jumped into Normandy on D-Day. Subsequently he was captured by the Germans and taken to Grasseth, Czechoslovakia (now: Jehlièná, Czech Republic), where he died as a prisoner of war.
He was buried temporarily in St. Avold, France.
He served with B Company, 307th Airborne Engineers Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division when he jumped into Normandy on D-Day. Subsequently he was captured by the Germans and taken to Grasseth, Czechoslovakia (now: Jehlièná, Czech Republic), where he died as a prisoner of war.
He was buried temporarily in St. Avold, France.
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