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Personal info

Full name
ROUDEBUSH, James B
Date of birth
2 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
20538179
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 30

Immediate family

Members
Clarence R. Roudebush (father)
Anna M. (Downing) Roudebush (mother)
Myrtle L. Roudebush (sister)
Daisy Roudebush (sister)
Loretta Roudebush (sister)
Jean F. Roudebush (wife)

More information

T/4 James B. Roudebush was a sales clerk before he joined the National Guard in Indianapolis, Indiana on 17 January 1941. He was transferred to the paratroopers in August 1942

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Downing Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Sara Waugh, www.newspapers.com – The Indianapolis News I- 12 March 1945, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News - 12 March 1945