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Personal info

Full name
RODDY, Travis Anderson
Date of birth
3 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Troup, Cherokee County, Texas
Hometown
Cherokee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38684050
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Kyle Anderson Roddy (father)
Leta Elizabeth (Darby) Roddy (mother)
Myrtie C. Roddy (sister)
Bonnie M. Roddy (sister)
Juanita M. Roddy (sister)

More information

Pvt Travis Roddy enlisted on 5 April 1944 at Camp Wolters, Texas.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 25 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, various Family Trees, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, SBTD Karen Baker