MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Mitchell, Robert Wanless

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mitchell​

• FORENAME

Robert Wanless​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

37112080​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 5.9.1920 Cresco,Iowa​

graduated high school,Cresco 1939​

worked in men's clothing store in civilian life​

enlisted January 1942​

98 Field Artillery Bn (Pack) 1943 (Private)​

Marauders 1.10.1943​

discharged October 1945​

tree surgeon postwar​

married Stella Bernice Olson November 1944 (1917-2014) (3 daughters Jackie,Terry and Sonda)​

moved to Santa Barbara,California 1955​

died 23.7.2012 Wickenburg,Arizona​

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