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Personal info

Full name
SHOENHUT, Roy William
Date of birth
27 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota
Hometown
Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
O1318253
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 32 42

Immediate family

Members
William Shoenhut (father)
Augusta E. (Bjorkman) Shoenhut (mother)
Lilllian M. Shoenhut (sister)
Helen E. Shoenhut (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Roy W. Shoenhut enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 7 April 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Grove/Shoenhut Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten