Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Sid
Date of birth
21 January 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Breathitt County, Kentucky
Hometown
Elmrock, Knott County, Kentucky
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
15044869
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Crailsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 8 53

Immediate family

Members
Marshall S. Roberts (father)
Victoria (Tharp) Roberts (mother)
Gracie M. Roberts (sister)
Maudie B. Roberts (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Sid Roberts attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 10 August 1940.

He was killed by a gunshot to the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam