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PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS ROBERT IGNATIUS DRUMM was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1888. When he registered for the
draft on June 5, 1917 he was living in Sicklerville in Winslow Township,
New Jersey. He was then working as a farmer for Charles Andrews. Robert
Drumm was single at that time, and had not married when he was called up
in September of 1917.
Robert Drumm
was inducted into the United States Army in Camden on September 21,
1917. Assigned to Company K, 311th Infantry Regiment, he went overseas
with his unit in May of 1918. Robert Drumm was promoted to Private First
Class on August 1, 1918.
Private
First Class Robert I. Drumm was killed in action on October 27,
1918. His
sister, Josephine Drumm, who lived in Philadelphia, was notified of his
death.
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