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Personal info

Full name
BALDWIN, Roy William
Date of birth
9 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1317868
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 4

Immediate family

Members
John W. Baldwin (father)
Leona B. Baldwin (mother)
Phyllis Baldwin (sister)

More information

1st Lt Roy W. Baldwin was a driver before he joined the National Guard in Salem, Massachusetts on 16 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com