Miller Robert Eugene

Monuments

100th Infantry Division Memorial - Rimling Church

Name:

Robert Eugene Miller

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

16153881

Unit:

397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-11-12

State:

Illinois

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Robert Miller served in the 100th Infantry Division, during World War II. He was Killed in Action with the 100th Infantry Division on November 12, 1944.
From Find grave:
Born July 1, 1924 in Peoria, IL. Parents: Niles Miller and Helen Conn Miller. He was killed in six days of bitter fighting in blinding rain and bitter cold when the 100th Division entered the line for the first time in the Vosges Mountains. Attacking SW out of the town of Baccarat their objective was to break the German entrenched positions along 1,200 to 1,500 foot high ridges covered by dense forest. By 18 Nov 44 they had outflanked the town of Raon l'Etape and broke the German winter lines in this sector which was intended by the Germans to hold out until April of 1945.