Identified Envelope
Envelopes identified to Robert Camis - E Company, 329th Infantry Regiment
Original censored WWII envelope with bicolored border, dated June 14, 1944. The envelop was sent by Pvt. Robert Camis to his mother Mrs. Bienvenido Flores, 903 Rogers Place, Bronx, New York. The address the envelope was sent from was APO #83. Which according to "Geographic Locations of U.S. APO's 1941-1978" by James Shaffer, was in England on this date.
Pvt. Robert Camis
Private
Robert Camis
Private Robert Camis
Robert Camis was born as Roberto Camis Flores on June 15, 1915 in Juncos, Puerto Rico to Bienvenida Flores Garcia (1894–1983) and Demetrio Camis (1894–1970). He arrived in the US in 1932 at the age of 17. His divorced mother lived with here parents in the Bronx, NY City, NY. He was worked as a cook in the Blenheim Cafeterias in NY City.
He entered the service as a draftee (#32996398) on August 7, 1943 at New York City, NY. The Morning Report of July 17, 1944 lists 32996398, Camis Robert, Pvt. as MIA (Missed in Action) on July 5, 1944. The Morning Report of July 23, 1944 lists Camis Robert from MIA (Missed in Action) July 5, 1944 to LWA (Lightly Wounded in Action) and transferred to DOP 4174 US Army Hospital Plant APO 121 US Army 15 July 1944
Robert Camis died at age 59, on September 19, 1974 and is buried at the Long Island National Cemetery wich is located in Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.