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Personal info

Full name
STOVER, Roland
Date of birth
30 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Hometown
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35580846
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Gladys H. Stover (mother)
Robert Stover (brother)
Ray Stover (brother)

More information

T/5 Roland Stover enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 13 January 1943.

Before his enlistment he was employed by the Belden corporation, Richmond, Ind. He received his training at Camp Campbell and Fort Knox, Ky., from where he was sent to North Africa and Sicily and then to England to take part in the invasion of France. He also saw combat action in Belgium, Holland and Germany.

He saved his fellow men by distracting the enemy by putting himself in harm's way in his tank.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Heather Stover-Troutwine, Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana)