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| UNIT:
36th Armored Regiment, 3rd
Armored Division |
| RANK:
Sergeant |
| BORN:
1917 |
| WHERE:
Tennessee |
| DIED:
August 14, 1944 |
| WHERE:
France |
| CAUSE
OF DEATH: Killed in Action near
Mayenne, France |
| BURIED:
Brittany American Cemetery - St.
James, France |
| MARKER:
Military |
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Collinsville
Herald – September 7, 1944
Provided
by Gene Beals (2007) |
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 Sgt. Rob
Lockhart Missing,
Rose Sykes, Sister, Is Notified
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| Sgt. Arthur
“Rob” Lockhart, brother of Mrs. Rose
Sykes, 403 South Aurora street has been reported
missing in action somewhere in France. A telegram
received by Mrs. Skyes Thursday morning, August
31, from the War Department stated that Lockhart
had been missing from his infantry group since
August 16. With
the Armored Infantry, Lockhart entered the
service in January 1941 training at Camp Polk,
Louisiana. He arrived in England a year ago, and
was sent across the channel to France.
Sgt. Lockhart, who
was twenty-seven, wrote to his sister on August
7, urging her not to worry about him, even though
she might not hear from him. He found it hard to
accustom himself to the wooden shoes of the
French people and the fact that they drank so
little water. Cider or cognac were the prevailing
liquids. The young man sent his regards to others
in the family, as he was writing only one letter.
He attended the
public schools graduating from Webster in 1930.
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Collinsville
Herald – October 5, 1944
Provided
by Gene Beals (2007) |
Sgt.
Arthur Lockhart
Reported Killed in Action in France
Previously Reported Missing;
Member of Armored Infantry |
| Sgt. Arthur
“Rob” Lockhart, brother of Mrs. Rose
Sykes, 403 South Aurora Street, was officially
reported killed in action somewhere in France
this week. Mrs. Sykes was notified by a wire
Monday, October 2, and is believed that Lockhart
was killed at the time he was previously reported
missing, August 16. Sgt. Lockhart served with the
Armored Infantry, arriving in England a year ago.
He was later shipped across the channel to France
and was missing from his infantry group since
August 16 before Mrs. Sykes was notified to that
effect. He entered for service in January 1941
and was trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
Writing to his
sister early in August, Sgt. Lockhart reported on
the odd customs of the French people and urged
his family not to worry about him. The letter
dated August 7 was the last received from the
young man who is twenty-seven years of age.
He attended the
public schools graduating from Webster in 1930.
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