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Abraham Robert

Name:
Robert Abraham
Rank:
Colonel
Serial Number:
0-1283355 & 0-032427
Unit:
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
2004-03-10
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
National - Arlington, VA
Plot:
Sect 70 Site 271
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Comments:

Robert (Bob) Abraham was born on 16 July 1914, the only child of Saul and Lillian DeGrasse Abraham. He enlisted in the Army in February 1942 and served in the S-2 Section of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment as a Captain and parachuted into Normandy on D-day, 1944. Abraham survived the war, and after a brief stint on Wall Street was commissioned as a Captain in the Regular Army. He retired from the Army as a Colonel and served in the Oklahoma state government. He died at home on 10 March 2004 and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. He ended his military service as a Colonel.