PFC Robert L McCormick (1915-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

PFC Robert L McCormick Veteran

Birth

1915

Florida, USA

Death

25 Dec 1944 (aged 28–29)

At Sea

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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Show Map

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Garden of the Missing Army-Army Air Forces Tablet 32, Veteran 03

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On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Channel to France. Just 5 1/2 miles from its destination, Cherbourg, the Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-486. There were 763 American soldiers killed and the bodies of 493 were never recovered from the Channel's frigid 48 degree waters

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Robert L. McCormick
Pfc ~ 262nd Infantry Regiment,
66th Infantry Division
North Carolina

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Entered the service from North Carolina

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