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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Earl Thomas
Date of birth
2 April 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky
Hometown
Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38616392
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 1 12

Immediate family

Members
Enoch H. Roberts (father)
Martha A. (Boone) Roberts (mother)
Mary E. (Hamlin) Roberts (wife)
Watson E. Roberts (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet