PVT Robert Kilduff was born 28 Mar 1925 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was the 7th of 8 children born to Patrick and Nellie (Butler) Kilduff. 2 of his brothers died in infancy. His parents were Irish immigrants, his father from Clooncullen and his mother from Portlaw, who had met and married in Chelsea. His father supported his family as a stevedore and laborer in a furniture business but in 1939 the family subsisted on the $850 earned that year by the 2 oldest sons.
Robert voluntarily enlisted and trained as a infantryman. Sent to England and assigned to K Company 116th Infantry he was with the unit on 6 Jun 1944 in the amphibious assault on Omaha Beach. He was killed in action on 22 Jul 1944.
PVT Kilduff was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.
Robert's 3 brothers also served during the war.
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