WWII · Battle Death Record
Robert T. Waugh
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army · Maine
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Robert T. Waugh
- Entered the Service From
- Maine
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- May 19, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Italy
Their story
Over several days near Monte Cassino he single-handedly neutralized six bunkers and two pillboxes. He was killed days later and awarded the Medal of Honor.
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