WWII

Robert Ardell Bell

Rate / Rank
1st LT

Birthdate
January 6 1918

Date of Death
November 20 1944

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
- November 1944

Conflicts & Campaigns

European Theater of Operations; Germany

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia in October 1942. Infantry Training, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Commissioned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 20th Armored Battalion, 10th Armored Division, 3rd Army

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart (KIA Germany)

Notes

Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1937. Graduated Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, Georgia. Robert was the high school vocational agriculture teacher in Baconton, Georgia before entering the Army. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.