http://uscemeteryson.nl/content/2012/12/First-US-grave-on-cemetery-Son<p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">The first&nbsp;US grave that would be iniated on the cemetery in Son would be the one of private first class Robert James Modracek serialnumber 37427281 &nbsp;of Linn County, Iowa. </span></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/media/n_13.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">Robert Modracek was born on September 15, 1921 as the son of Frank L&nbsp; and Emma M Modracek. &nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">Robert &nbsp;a replacement after the normandy campaign was assigned to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th parachute infantry regiment, 101st airborne division just before the Holland mission.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">He would be tragically killed just 3 days after he became 23 years old in the fight for the town Eindhoven on&nbsp; September 18, 1944. &ldquo;<em>Eye witness accounts relate how F Company 506th PIR&nbsp; launched an assault on two German 88mm guns in Eindhoven (Woenselsestraat) with PFC Robert&nbsp; Modracek&rsquo;s&nbsp; unit&nbsp; in the left flank. Either a mishandled grenade or a mortar shell detonating in the mortar tube, exploded, sending shrapnel into his chest, killing him&rdquo;</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><em>&nbsp;</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="/media/n_14.jpg" alt="" /></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">Robert was laying to rest on Son Cemetery on&nbsp;september 19,1944 Plot A gravenumber 1 and reburied after the war in <a href="http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=52&amp;cName=Shueyville"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">Shueyville Cemetery</span></a> in Johnson County, Iowa.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">Source:</span></p> <p><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><cite><a href="http://www.506infantry.org/"><span style="color: #c0c0c0;">www.506infantry.org</span></a></cite></span></p></img></img>