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Personal info

Full name
ROLLINS, Howell Raymond
Date of birth
1 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas
Hometown
Hill County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18072219
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fulda, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 15 4

Immediate family

Members
Claud R. Rollins (father)
M.L. (Howell) Rollins (mother)
William C. Rollins (brother)

More information

S/Sgt. Howell R. Rollins was a 1938 graduate of Hillsboro High School. He also attended Texas A&M University for 4 years. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in College Station, Texas on 3 June 1942.

He grew up using his middle name, Raymond.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Corsicana Daily Sun - 16 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Hillsboro High School, 1937