Wilson, Robert Lewis
- Date of birth:
- July 17th, 1917 (Middletown/Butler County, Ohio, the United States of America)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Lent, Gelderland province, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: L. Row: 9. Grave: 10. - Service number:
- 34531391
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Bronze Star Medal (BSM)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
highly likely awarded for injuries received during combat in Italy
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Private 1st Class
- Unit:
- G Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Sources
- Photo 1: Findagrave.com by Peter Hakze
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by Bob Orr
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- MEGELLAS, J., De weg naar Berlijn, Mynx, Amsterdam, Nederland, 2005.
- NORDYKE, P., All American All the Way, Zenith Press, St. Paul, United States, 2005.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31601
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56305333/robert-lewis-wilson
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-w/52513-wilson-robert-l-34531391
- https://www.ancestry.com
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