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Personal info

Full name
ROSKOM, Aloyous W "Shorty"
Date of birth
19 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Seymour, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36959613
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
North of Konzen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 7 34

Immediate family

Members
Peter J. Roskom (father)
Anna S. (Cumps) Roskom (mother)
Marcus Roskom (brother)
Earl Roskom (brother)
Leo Roskom (brother)
Arnold Roskom (brother)
Floyd Roskom (brother)
Genevieve Roskom (sister)
Donald Roskom (brother)
Claude Roskom (brother)
Arvilla Roskom (sister)
Levi Roskom (brother)

More information

Pfc Aloyous W. Roskom was sent overseas early in September 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Appleton Public Library Obituary Index, www.findagrave.com - Tim LaFave, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Tim LaFave