WWII · Battle Death Record
Robert J. Niland
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Robert J. Niland
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- June 6, 1944
- Awards
- Purple Heart
- Burial / Memorial
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Their story
A paratrooper killed near Neuville-au-Plain on D-Day while covering his unit. He lies beside his brother Preston; their family's loss inspired Saving Private Ryan.
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