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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Merwyn Reginald
Date of birth
20 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pollock, Grant Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Webster Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38263996
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 35

Immediate family

Members
William R. Roberts (father)
Ethel Roberts (mother)
Alvin Roberts (brother)
Conrad Roberts (brother)
R. G. Roberts (brother)
Troy Roberts (brother)
Bernice Roberts (sister)
Geraldine V. (Seaman) Roberts (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Merwyn R. Roberts was a policeman before he enlisted in Lafayette, Louisiana on 19 November 1942.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 16 November 1944. For this wound, he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Walker Family Tree / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Weekly Town Talk

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Weekly Town Talk