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Personal info

Full name
CURRY, Roy R
Date of birth
10 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Kentucky
Hometown
Mingo County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15055093
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Rifleman
Unit
1st Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 42

Immediate family

Members
Landon Curry (father)
Lora (Cassady) Curry (mother)
Goldie Curry (sister)
Clide Curry (brother)
Bill Curry (brother)
Ray Curry (brother)
Charles Curry (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Roy R. Curry joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 27 August 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / 1940 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://army.togetherweserved.com, Virginia Memory Project, Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Frederic Blais