[courtesy of Robbie Decker]

Grave marker for Robert L. Elbert in .East Lawn Cemetery, Algona (Kossuth county), Iowa.

Robert registered for the draft in Algona, Iowa on 30 June 1942.

Pvt Elbert was awarded the Bronze Star Medal while a member of the 508h [source: Index to General Orders 82nd Abn, Page 40, B. T. Wiegand, 1st edition] ISBN: 1-932891-25-0]