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Personal info

Full name
ROTH, David Matthew
Date of birth
12 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33935202
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the Walterneinberg-Badetz-Benzingerode, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 7 25

Immediate family

Members
George Roth (father)
Varina (Hughes) Roth (mother)
Elizabeth M. (Radley) Roth (wife)
Jacqueline Roth (daughter)
David Roth (son)
Janet Roth (daughter)

More information

Pfc David M. Roth graduated from South Hills High School and worked for the Snee Dairy.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 April 1944. He was overseas six months.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press