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Personal info

Full name
MODE, Roy Edward
Date of birth
24 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Driscoll, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Hometown
Kidder County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
O1310747
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
Northeast of Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 10 55

Immediate family

Members
Karl C. / Charles Mode (father)
Fanny E. (Hansen) Mode (mother)
Helen E. Mode (sister)
Charles J. Mode (brother)
Elsie Mode (sister)
Vernice L. (Pederson) Mode (wife)
Karen K. Mode (daughter)
Richard R. Mode (son)
Leslie Mode Wagener (granddaughter)
Kim Mode Russel (granddaughter)
Richard Coffman (grandson)
Kristina Coffman Collins (granddaughter)

More information

Roy Mode was married to Vernice Luella Pederson on 31 August 1941.

He was a teacher before he enlisted at Fort Snelling on 16 July 1942. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Martha-Lisa Mode Flinsch (niece), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Martha-Lisa Mode Flinsch