Name:
Robert G. Hanchey
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Serial Number:
34664427
Unit:
2nd Cavalry Group
Date of Death:
1945-04-20
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
New Hollywood Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina
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Robert G. Hanchey was born on April 10, 1912. He enlisted in the Army on January 25, 1943, and served in the 2nd Cavalry Group (Mechanized) as a Technician 5th Grade during World War II. He was Killed in Action on April 20, 1945, at the age of 33, during the liberation of Asch (Aš), Czech Republic. He is now buried in the New Hollywood Cemetery, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA. His name is commemorated on a monument in Asch, Czech Republic, but his middle initial is inscribed as F.