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Personal info

Full name
COYER, Rollin Bonell "Rollie"
Date of birth
20 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
Hometown
Corning, Perry County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35298553
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
Near Montagne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 62

Immediate family

Members
George A. Coyer (father)
Lenora (Gillum) Coyer (mother)
Oscar E. Coyer (brother)
Audrey L. Coyer (sister)
Dana M. Coyer (sister)
Gladice M. Coyer (sister)
Anna M. (McCave) Coyer (wife)
Marcia Coyer (daughter)
Robert B. Coyer (son)

More information

Pvt Rollin B. Coyer graduated from Cambridge High School in 1931 and was a manager at A&P grocery store.

He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 11 January 1944.

Pvt Coyer is remembered at Northwood Cemetery in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Coyer Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - JLM, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Virginia Crawford, www.ancestry.com - Emily Wilberg, Cambridge High School 1931