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Personal info

Full name
ROBY, Denzel Newton
Date of birth
21 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
French Creek, Upshur County, West Virginia
Hometown
Ortley, Roberts County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35759977
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lépanges-sur-Vologne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 71

Immediate family

Members
John N. Roby (father)
Minnie E. (Jeffries) Roby (mother)
Roscoe E. Roby (brother)
Hazel E. Roby (sister)
Glendle W. Roby (brother)
James L. Roby (brother)
Helen I. Roby (sister)
Frank O. Roby (brother)
Harold A. Roby (brother)
Reika L. Roby (brother)

More information

Pvt Denzel N. Roby worked on a farm before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 18 August 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his neck and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy