Name:
Robert Thomas “Bob” Koelle
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-20
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Section W
Row:
Row 17, Lot 11
Grave:
3
Decoration:
Comments:
Robert Thomas “Bob” Koelle was born on December 15, 1917, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Albert Theodore Koelle and Juliet Cecilia Meaney Koelle.
Robert served in Company H, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private, during World War II. He was Killed in action on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Pvt Koelle is now buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA.