Robert W. Somero

  • ASN:
    Unknown
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Dec 16, 1925
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Dec 16, 2010
FULL NAME:

Robert W. Somero

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

Unknown

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Dec 16, 1925
  • DATE OF DEATH: Dec 16, 2010
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Hancock, Michigan

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    1944
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Marquette, Michigan
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company H, 2nd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Member of Machine Gun Team
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Bronze Star Medal, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

Heavy Weapons Company / Basic training in Camp Blanding, FL in June 1944. Arrived in ETO Le Havre, France in December 1944. Civilian Occupation Electrician.

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    February 1945
  • LOCATION:
    Hellenthal, Germany
  • NOTES:
    He was wounded in the foot by shrapnel. The medic that wrote up his paperwork was killed shortly after aiding him, and all paperwork was lost.
FIND A GRAVE (LINK):
HONORED BY:

Mark Somero, son

NARA - Display Full Records

File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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