Knight, Robert B.
Army Private

Robert B. Knight, age 21, from Pennsylvania, Chester county.

Parents: Foster parents Eleanor Lyons and Rev. Cheeseman Lyons

Service era: World War II
Military history: Enlisted August 1941. 366th Infantry Regiment.

Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1942
Death details: Killed by a train in Maine while patrolling a bridge over the Mattawaumbeag River near Bancroft.
Cemetery: National Cemetery for Soldiers in Philiadelphia

Source: National Archives