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PRIVATE ROBERT W. BRITTON
was the son of Mrs. Jane V. Britton, of 1201 Chapel Avenue in Delaware
Township (Cherry Hill) NJ. He was born in New Jersey in 1918, had a
grammar school education, was unmarried and working as a truck driver
when inducted into the United States Army on May 11, 1942 at Fort Dix
NJ. He volunteered for parachute training. After completing
the parachute course at Fort Benning GA, he returned home on leave in
the fall of 1942.
Private Robert W. Britton
parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He was killed in action
on that day. He rests at the Normandy American Cemetery in St.
Laurent-sur-Mer France.
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