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Personal info

Full name
SOUDERS, Roy Arthur
Date of birth
17 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Scheidys, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33928113
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 10 36

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Souders (father)
Lilly (Williams) Souders (mother)
Earl J. Souders (brother)
Ralph A. Souders (brother)
Charles A. Souders (brother)
Minnie M. Souders (sister)
Arlene A. Souders (sister)
Mabel I. (Haney) Souders (wife)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Souders was a machinist apprentice before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 27 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 / 1910/1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Whitehall High School 1933, The Morning Call - 29 December 1944