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Personal info

Full name
MAYES, Rolla Mulvenus
Date of birth
3 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Audrain County, Missouri
Hometown
Centralia, Audrain County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37637729
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Dettwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 71

Immediate family

Members
George F. Mayes (father)
Laura M. (Gallop) Mayes (mother)
Irene I. Mayes (sister)
Bessie L. Mayes (sister)
Maggie G. Mayes (sister)
Janie B. Mayes (sister)
Forest Mayes (brother)
Frankie M. Mayes (sister)
Fred A. Mayes (brother)
Pauline Mayes (sister)
Georgetta Mayes (sister)
Marie H. (Wood) Mayes (wife)
Jean Mayes (daughter)
Mary K. Mayes (daughter)
Judith A. Mayes (daughter)

More information

Pvt Rolla M. Mayes was a carpenter before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 10 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 10 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Robinson Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Sportsgenie, www.newspapers.com - Mexico Weekly Ledger - 21 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy