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1st LT. Casey, Robert Lee
Service number: 0-1 015 116 (original service number # 20823505)
Age: 22
Born: January 26, 1922, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Hometown: Duncan, Oklahoma
Family:
Roy L Casey (father)
Thelma Moselle (nee Lewellen) Casey/Steele (mother)
Margaret Casey (sister)
Rank: 1ST Lieutenant
Function: Tank Officer
Battalion: 31st Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: August 19, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Chartres, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Spot: 1 mile north east of Bonville, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery: Duncan Municipal Cemetery
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on September 16, 1940 from Marlow, Oklahoma in the National Guard.
Other information: He suffered his injuries on August 16, near the tiny hamlet of Bonville just east of Chartres , France. He then was placed on a plane and died on August 19, enroute to England. Originally buried in Cambridge U. S. Military Cemetery, England.
Interred in Duncan Municipal Cemetery 1947.
We would like to thank ShaneO member # 47009366 for the transfer of this account.
1st LT. Casey, Robert Lee
Service number: 0-1 015 116 (original service number # 20823505)
Age: 22
Born: January 26, 1922, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Hometown: Duncan, Oklahoma
Family:
Roy L Casey (father)
Thelma Moselle (nee Lewellen) Casey/Steele (mother)
Margaret Casey (sister)
Rank: 1ST Lieutenant
Function: Tank Officer
Battalion: 31st Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: B
Date of death: August 19, 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Chartres, Departement d'Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France
Spot: 1 mile north east of Bonville, France
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Not available
Cemetery: Duncan Municipal Cemetery
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on September 16, 1940 from Marlow, Oklahoma in the National Guard.
Other information: He suffered his injuries on August 16, near the tiny hamlet of Bonville just east of Chartres , France. He then was placed on a plane and died on August 19, enroute to England. Originally buried in Cambridge U. S. Military Cemetery, England.
Interred in Duncan Municipal Cemetery 1947.
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