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Robert Francis Mahoney, the son of Dennis and Marie (Curtin) Mahoney, was born on March 11, 1925, in Schenectady, New York. He worked for the David Mahoney Company and went to St. Columba’s School.
Robert enlisted in the United States Army in August 1943 and attended Camp Edward in Massachusetts for his basic training. He held the rank of Corporal and served with Company I, 253rd Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division. On April 16, 1945, Robert was killed in battle in Germany. He is buried in the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon