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Personal info

Full name
SCHLUETER, Roy H
Date of birth
13 January 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326682
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 31

Immediate family

Members
Frank Schlueter (father)
Marie (Kamnadt) Schlueter (mother)
Myrtle Schlueter (sister)
Pearl Schlueter (sister)
Harry A. Schlueter (brother)
Lolita M. (Flasch) Schlueter (wife)

More information

Sgt Roy H. Schlueter was employed by the Pennoyer Merchant Transfer Company before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 26 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune