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Corp Robert Arthur Rainey

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Corp Robert Arthur Rainey

Birth
Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death
2 Mar 1945 (aged 19)
Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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F Row 11 Grave 44
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Husband of Betty Buker. Moved to Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine as a small boy. Played football for Gardiner High School, when he was sidelined by an injury he enlisted in the Army on 13 Nov 1943. He served under Maj. General Maurice Rose in the tank corp (33rd Regiment, 3rd Armored Division), and was killed (at age 19) on the push to Cologne, Germany on 2 Mar 1945.
Husband of Betty Buker. Moved to Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine as a small boy. Played football for Gardiner High School, when he was sidelined by an injury he enlisted in the Army on 13 Nov 1943. He served under Maj. General Maurice Rose in the tank corp (33rd Regiment, 3rd Armored Division), and was killed (at age 19) on the push to Cologne, Germany on 2 Mar 1945.

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Rainey, Robert A - 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Div., US Army; entered service from Maine

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  • Created by: MsMarylb
  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29182505/robert_arthur-rainey: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Robert Arthur Rainey (27 Aug 1925–2 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29182505, citing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by MsMarylb (contributor 47036690).