T/Sgt. Robert Bruce Bierman
Born: 17 November 1924 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: Louis W. Bierman & Alma I. Belz-Bierman
Siblings: 1 brother
Hometown: 142 South Sixteenth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– St. Paul Lutheran Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1943
Selective Service Registration: 26 December 1942
– Contact Person: Louis W. Bierman – father
– registered while he was still in high school
Inducted:
– 12 June 1943
– U. S. Army
Serial Number: 36753666
Training:
– Camp Cullen, Texas
– Camp Butner, North Carolina
Unit: G Company, 134th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Division, 3rd Army
Engagements:
– Normandy Invasion
– Battle of Hedgerows, France – 17 July 1944
– Battle of St. Lo, France – 19 July 1944
– Battle of Mortain, France – 8 August 1944 – 12 August 1944
– sent to rescue 30th Infantry Division
– Battle of the Bulge
– Ardennes, Belgium
Killed in Action:
– 30 December 1944
– Shot by a sniper at Lutrebois, Belgium, south of Bastogne
Buried:
– Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery – Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
– Plot: G Row: 12 Grave: 11
Medals: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
