Robert E. Price
Sergeant Robert E. Price of Collingswood, NJ.
Rank: Sergeant, U.S. Army
Serial Number: 32752944
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Hometown: Collingswood, New Jersey
Killed in Action: , Germany
Buried: Harleigh Cemetery, Haddon Avenue, Camden, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart
Sergeant Robert E. Price, of 123 Washington Avenue in Collingswood, NJ, was killed in action while serving with the United States Army. He was a 1942 graduate of Collingswood High School, and had been inducted into the Army on March 1, 1943, reporting for active duty one week later. He trained at Fort Dix, NJ, Fort Jackson, SC, and Camp Atterbury, IN, as a member of Company M, 423rd Infantry, 106th Infantry Division, and took part in maneuvers in South Carolina and Tennessee. He transferred to Company I, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, on July 10, 1944.
Once overseas, Robert Price saw action in Normandy, Northern France, and Germany. He was reported missing in action on February 22, 1945. His body was later recovered, and he was initially buried in Hamm, Luxembourg. His death was reported in the April 5, 1945 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. In 1948, Robert Price was brought home, and he rests in Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, NJ. His name appears on the World War II War Memorial at Knight’s Park in Collingswood, NJ.