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Personal info

Full name
AUTREY, Roy James
Date of birth
22 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Memphis, Hall County, Texas
Hometown
Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38343655
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Bryan P. Autrey (father)
Hattie D. (Montgomery) Autrey (mother)

More information

Pvt Roy J. Autrey was a student at the North Texas Agricultural College before he enlisted 15 April 1943. He was sent overseas on 16 September 1944.

He is remembered at the Pilot Point Community Cemetery in Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Mike Tankersley / Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com – Pampa Daily News 10 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / JVann, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Arlington, Texas