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General First nameRobert Charles
LastnameSmidl
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1923-01-02
Place of birthRiver Forest, Ill, United States of America
Date of death1944-07-19
Place of death, France


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Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 30, 1948 SMIDL Abstract
Services for Sgt. Robert Charles Smidl will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel at 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park. Burial will be in Mount Emblem cemetery. Sgt. Smidl was killed in action in France July 19, 1944, while in charge of a tank platoon. Before entering the army he had been prominent in tennis and basketball at Oak Park-River Forest High school, at the University of Chicago, and at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.(Blanche) Charles P. Smidl, 303 Franklin av., River Forest; a sister, Shirley Alice, and his grandmother, Mrs. P.J. Smidl.

A Scholarship was establiehed at William and Mary College to honor him.

Opschrift
CO B 746TH TANK BATTALION
KILLED IN ACTION, NORMANDY, FRANCE
Informatie begraaflocatie
WW II KIA Burial 7/1948

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Archive statistics Career1940 - 1942
Tournament wins0
Matches10
Match wins4


Tournaments US Open - 1942 Longwood Bowl - 1942 US Clay Courts - 1942 North Shore (Chicago) - 1942 Western States Championships - 1940 North Shore (Chicago) - 1940