PFC Robert E. Morneweck
A Company, 1st Battalion
November 1944-April 1945


items from Art Morneweck, brother of
PFC Robert E. Morneweck (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, KIA 4/12/45)
Bascom and Morneweck

France, March 18, 1945

Raymond C. Bascom and Robert E. Morneweck



Mourmelon-le-Grand

Currahees from Able Company outside a tent at Mourmelon-le-Grand, March 1945

(Kneeling L-R): PFC Albert W. Hanzalik, SGT Joseph Thaler, SGT Joseph A. Caivano (KIA 4/12/45).
(Standing L-R): SGT Nick Demkowicz (KIA 4/12/45), PFC Loren I. Weckesser, unknown, PFC Wayland
O. Parrish, PVT Elvin H. Washburn, PVT Robert E. Morneweck (KIA 4/12/45), (?) SGT Jack Bram




Morneweck Drawing

1945 drawing by Robert Morneweck of Dutch children and windmills


KIA Telegram

On April 12, 1945, as members of Able Company were returning to the American
side of the Rhine from Himmelgeist, Germany, seven of them were drowned when
two of the boats they were in were overturned by a close German artillery round:

SGT Russel J. Bright
SGT Joseph A. Caivano
PFC Alfred G. Corgan
SGT Nick Demkowicz
PVT Harold E. Howard
PVT James M. Lovett, Sr.
PFC Robert E. Morneweck

MG James A. Ulio was The Adjutant General of the US Army.

April 12, 1945 was a significant date back in the States because it was the day
that President Franklin D. Roosevelt died.




The following letter was written to Robert's sister Virginia on June 30, 1945,
at Berchesgarten, Germany by Raymond C. Bascom (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR):

Page 1

The letter refers to PVT Donald Harris McCrea (506th PIR) KIA 12/22/44.

Page 2

Robert Morneweck had been awarded a Purple Heart for Bastogne.

Page 3




CPT John R. Himes Letter

Letter from Chaplain (CPT) John R. Himes

In July 1945, LTC Lloyd E. Patch was the CO of 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR



Emma Fransen Heynens
In 1945, Emma Fransen Heynens, a school teacher from Limburg
(The Netherlands) adopted the grave of PFC Robert E. Morneweck
in the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten. She cared for the
grave until she died in April 2005.


Our Times by Vera Brown

September 24, 1947 newspaper clipping from The Detroit Times


items from Reg Jans
Adoption Certificate
In May 2005, Reg Jans adopted the grave of PFC Robert E. Morneweck.


Memorial Day, 2006
Memorial Day, 2006



Reg Jans
Reg Jans on Memorial Day, 2007


Memorial Day 2007

Memorial Day, 2007

(L-R): photos of PFC Robert Morneweck and his brother, Art Morneweck



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