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Personal info

Full name
DE ROCHE, Robert L
Date of birth
29 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Farmington, Franklin County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31400573
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Datteln-Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 13 25

Immediate family

Members
John De Roche (father)
Ruth E. (Knapp) De Roche (mother)
Marie De Roche (sister)
Donald De Roche (brother)
Beverly De Roche (sister)
Arthur De Roche (brother)
Betty M. De Roche (sister)

More information

Robert De Roche enlisted on 4 January 1944 at Portland in Maine.

He is remembered at Riverside Cemetery in Farmington, Franklin County, Maine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Find A Grave - Cheryl Chastain-White, Beverley DeRoche Hall