Place of Death Robert Niland

Technical Sergeant Robert Joseph "Bob" Niland (February 2, 1919 – June 6, 1944), D Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division was killed in action on June 6, 1944, in Normandy. He volunteered to stay behind with Corporal James Kelly and hold off a German advance while his company retreated from Neuville-au-Plain. He was killed while manning his machine gun; Corporal James Kelly survived.

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• Text: Wikipedia.org
• Photos: Koos Winkelman