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MEIER, Roy Carl - Date of
birth
8 October 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Bessie, Washita County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Texas, Dent County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37621640 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Dürboslar-Aldenhoven-Pattern, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Carl Meier (father)
Ida (Reinschmidt) Meier (mother)
Alfred J. Meier (brother)
Carl L. Meier (brother)
Edna Meier (sister)
More information
Pfc Roy C. Meier worked on the farm with his father.He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 August 1943.
He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 19 June 1944.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Marsha Chatman (niece)