Name:
Robert J. Whalen
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
15338902
Unit:
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-08-29
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
A
Row:
12
Grave:
47
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Whalen was an American soldier from Ohio who gave his life while fighting with the 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron on 19 August 1944. He was killed during the Liberation of Vailly-sur-Aisne, and the members of the town erected a memorial for him there.