World War II Honoree

Robert A. Geyer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Attica, Ohio

Honored By

Mary E. Fleure

Relationship

Daughter

WAS DRAFTED AT AGE 21. BASIC TRAINING WAS COMPLETED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY MAY 1941. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 751ST TANK BATTALION IN WHICH HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. HIS BATTALION HAD 581 COMBAT DAYS. THE BATTALION SERVED IN ENGLAND, ALGERIA, TUNISIA AND ITALY. BATTLES INCLUDED SALERNO IN 1943 AND ANZIO IN 1944. RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL WITH SILVER STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JUNE 1945.