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Personal info

Full name
STUART, Roy Frederic
Date of birth
17 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36642369
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

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
G 9 42

Immediate family

Members
George F. Stuart (father)
Veronica (Zimmer) Stuart (mother)
John J. Stuart (brother)
Ruth C. Stuart (sister)
Lucille M. Stuart (sister)
William F. Stuart (brother)
George M. Stuart (brother)
Donata (Pagluica) Stuart (wife)

More information

Pvt Roy F Stuart attended Tilden Technical High School. He had been employed by International Havester before he entered the service.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index / 1930 Census / Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates

Photo source: Peter Schouteten