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SGT Robert Shimek

3 Sep 1925 – 3 Apr 1945

Birth	3 Sep 1925
Death	3 Apr 1945
Cemetery	Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-Avold , Département de la Moselle , Lorraine , France
Added by	Damaris Acevedo on 05 Apr 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56660759

Bio

Service ID: 38546160 254th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 63rd Infantry Division Entered the service from Texas. Purple Heart Pfc Robert Shimek worked on a farm before he enlisted in Houston, Texas on 20 November 1943. In November 1944, Robert shipped overseas and joined up with the 254th Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division of the United States Army. He was trained with the Browning automatic rifle and entered combat on 6 February 1945. On 1 April 1945, Robert wrote his parents about his double promotion from Private, First Class, to Sergeant. He was mortally wounded on 3 April 1945, by a hand grenade thrown into the patrol that he was leading. (copied from the Ceske Stopy, Fall 2025, page 12).

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• John Joe Shimek 1905–1970
• Betty R. Buzek Shimek 1905–1993

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