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Personal info

Full name
ROY, Robert Adelard
Date of birth
21 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31376464
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
387th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
Cheb, Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 46 28

Immediate family

Members
Alexis Roy Jr. (father)
Yvonne A. Roy (mother)
Richard L. Roy (brother)
Paul E. Roy (brother)
Rodney Roy (brother)
Roger Roy (brother)
Roland Roy (brother)
Doris Roy (sister)

More information

Pvt Robert A. Roy worked at the Arms Textile Company before he enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire on 26 January 1944.
His father emigrated from Canada.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com – WWII Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Russell S. Pickett