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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Alexander G
Date of birth
4 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
New York, New York County, New York
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42034124
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 4 27

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Roberts (father)
Florence (McDermott) Roberts (mother)
Violet Roberts (sister)
Marion Roberts (sister)
Florence Roberts (sister)
Georgina Roberts (sister)
Stella Roberts (wife)
Barbara Roberts (daughter)
Maureen Roberts (daughter)

More information

Cpl Alexander G. Roberts joined the New York National Guard in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, United States World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946, New York Records of the State National Guard 1906-1954, New York City Births 1846-1909 United States Census 1910

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet