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Personal info

Full name
ROAT, Earl Leroy
Date of birth
19 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35119303
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
342nd Infantry Regiment,
86th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bonzel – Attendorn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 20 32

Immediate family

Members
George E. Roat (father)
Katherine (Bracker) Roat (mother)
Helen Roat (sister)
Edward Roat (brother)
Elmer Roat (brother)
Walter Roat (brother)
Edna M. Roat (sister)
Catherine L. Roat (sister)
Dorothy Roat (sister)
Clara (Boebinger) Roat (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Earl L. Roat was a graduate of Lincoln High School.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 6 March 1941. He had been overseas with the infantry since February. He was promoted to Corporal when he took part in in maneuvers held in the Carolinas and was promoted to Staff Sergeant in April 1942. He trained at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

T /Sgt Roat deployed his platoon and steadily crept to within 30 yards of the enemy, fixed bayonet and commenced to fire as he advanced ahead of his platoon. He was killed by an enemy grenade as he jumped into a Jerry trench, but his gallantry inspired his platoon into over running the position.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, http://www.fold3.com/, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinnati Enquirer