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Personal info

Full name
LOFLIN, Roy Van
Date of birth
23 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Randolph County, North Carolina
Hometown
Davidson County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34594167
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 35

Immediate family

Members
Cepha M. Loflin (father)
Nannie E. (Hancock) Loflin (mother)
Coy Loflin (brother)
Eugene Loflin (brother)
Billy Loflin (brother)
Ruby Loflin (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy V. Loflin enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 8 December 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block I, Row 5, Grave 92.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / North Carolina, Birth Indexes

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet