Robert E. Coates
Robert E. Coates
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32482469
362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: September 21, 1944
Buried at: Plot D Row 14 Grave 15
Florence American Cemetery, Florence, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
Private First Class Robert E. Coates lived at 1922 Pierce Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey. He had attended Woodrow Wilson High School and had worked at the New York Shipbuilding yards prior to being inducted into the United States Army in December of 1942.
Private Coates was sent overseas in February 1943. Assigned to the 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Infantry Division, he was killed in action in Italy on September 20, 1944. He was survived by his parents, Edna May Coates and Norman O. Stratton. His death was reported in the October 12, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.