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Personal info

Full name
ROACH, Agnew
Date of birth
13 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34932223
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 June 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 24

Immediate family

Members
James Tillman Roach (father)
Florence (Raines) Roach (mother)
Paul Roach (brother)
C. L. Roach (brother)
Fannie Roach (sister)
Susie Roach (sister)
Lillie B. Roach (sister)
Annie B. (Wallace) Roach (wife)
Catherine Roach (daughter)
Dorothy Roach (daughter)

More information

Pfc Agnew Roach enlisted on 31 January 1944 at Fort Jackson, Columbia County, South Carolina. He was overseas eight months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Laura Phillips, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News