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Personal info

Full name
MAC ELWEE, Roy Samuel Jr
Date of birth
8 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Charleston, South Carolina
Hometown
Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13200805
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 18 9

Immediate family

Members
Roy S. Mac Elwee (father)
Sarah S. Mac Elwee (mother)
Anne F. Mac Elwee (sister)
Sarah M. Mac Elwee (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy S. Mac Elwee Jr. graduated from Upper Darby High School. He spent one term at the University of Pennsylvania and two terms at Carnegie Institute of Technology.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 16 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks / 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - Delaware County Daily Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Upper Darby High School Yearbook 1943