Robert L. Aas

Robert Leslie Aas was born on January 26, 1919, in Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota to Alvin Oliver Aas and Edith Carlson. He became a resident of Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota and entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on March 30, 1944. Private First Class Aas served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater and died in service on March 8, 1945, in Germany. He is buried in the family plot, Grave B, Section S.E. at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. He received the Purple Heart.

From Find a Grave: PFC Robert Leslie Aas (Service Number 37591629) was born January 19, 1926, in Barnesville, Minnesota, to Alvin O. and Edith Carlson Aas, and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, with brothers Eugene and Conrad and sister Gloria. A 1943 graduate of Fargo Central High School, he was active in basketball, football, and church life, serving as president of his 1941 Olivet Lutheran confirmation class. He attended North Dakota Agricultural College until enlisting in the U.S. Army in February 1944. After training at Fort Snelling, Camp Roberts, and Camp McCoy, he went overseas in November 1944, joining Company A, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, U.S. Third Army. PFC Aas participated in the division's combat in Luxembourg and Germany, including the push toward the Rhine. On March 8, 1945, during fighting in Germany, he was mortally wounded by artillery shell fragments, suffering a traumatic leg amputation, and died the same day. Originally buried overseas, his remains were returned in 1948 and reinterred at Riverside Cemetery in Fargo with full military honors. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

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