Grave marker
application and resulting marker for Robert J.
Scheanwald in Section 39, Lot 102, Grave 1 of the
Calvary Cemetery, Toledo (Lucas county), Ohio.
Robert enlisted in the Army at Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH on
14 October 1942 and became a member of Company B, 508th PIR.
Robert enlisted in the Army at Camp Perry, Lacarne,
OH on 14 October 1942. Pvt Scheanwald was appointed as a Corporal
on 31 August 1943 and then to the grade of Sergeant on 5 November 1943.
Sgt Scheanwald jumped into Normandy on 6 June 1944 and
was later listed as missing in action that same day. He was later
listed as killed in action on 11 June 1944, a date which may actually
reflect when his body was found, perhaps a victim of drowning. |