Robert Greve New Milford

Robert Greve Biography

        Private Robert Greve, age twenty, was reported missing in action in France, on August 8, 1944, and died in a German prison camp on August 9, 1944.

Bob graduated from New Milford Junior High School in June 1939, and moved to Hillsdale soon after. He graduated from Westwood High in 1942 and entered the Army in February 1943. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was assigned to the Army Specialized Training Program at the Universities of North Carolina and Maine to study engineering.

He was transferred to the Infantry in February 1944, and was sent overseas to England in May 1944.

He was serving with Cannon Co., 134th Infantry.  

All Information from Teresa Martin copyright May 30th, 1947

Click here to view his brother John C. Greve whose name was on the Original Wall Unit.

Material Recorded by:
Bob Meli
March 3, 2018

Background image of German Prison camp for American soldiers in Germany obtained from:
https://myknives.us/jews-in-america-during-ww2.html

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