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Personal info

Full name
MITCHELL, Roy Howard
Date of birth
27 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Elizabeth, Allen Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Shelby County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18010771
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 6 58

Immediate family

Members
Andrew L. Mitchell (father)
Georgia Mitchell (mother)
Rufus Mitchell (brother)
Curtis Mitchell (brother)
Ollie L. Mitchell (sister)
Eunice Mitchell (sister)
Bernice Mitchell (sister)
Emma Mitchell (sister)
Pearlee M. Mitchell (sister)
Ellen E. (Smith) Mitchell (wife)
Carolyn R. Mitchell (daughter)

More information

T/4 Roy H. Mitchell attended Patroon High School and worked on a farm.

He joined the Regular Army in Houston, Texas on 21 November 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997 / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Tx Oma