MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Scherkenbach, Robert John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Scherkenbach​

• FORENAME

Robert John​

• UNIT

2 Bn (Medical Detachment)​

• RANK

First Sergeant​

• NUMBER

17048301​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New Canada,Ramsey County,Minnesota​

born 30.3.1920 Germany​

foster son of William Fredrick and Cecelia Elizabeth Anastasia (nee Lenzmeier) Scherkenbach (married 8.5.1906)​

2 years college​

embalmer/undertaker in civilian life​

enlisted 28.1.1942 Fort Snelling,Minnesota​

undertaker postwar​

married Evelyn Louise Wichart 7.7.1945 (1927-2012) (7 children Gerald,Joan,Mary Jane,Richard,Robert,James and Mark)​

died 4.3.1992 St Paul,Minnesota​

Fort Snelling National Cemetery,Minneapolis,Hennepin County,Minnesota Section Y Site 1767​

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