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Personal info

Full name
HATFIELD, Roy E
Date of birth
18 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35867703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 58

Immediate family

Members
Omar Hatfield (father)
Jennie Hatfield (mother)

More information

Pfc Roy E. Hatfield enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 31 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy