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Personal info

Full name
MEYER, Roy Alex
Date of birth
27 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado
Hometown
Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37704222
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 26

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Meyer (father)
Millie F. (Feit) Meyer (mother)
Hilda M. Meyer (sister)
Alfred W. Meyer (brother)
Lorene M. Meyer (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Meyer graduated from Fort Collins High School and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in August 1943 and was sent overseas in March 1944.

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 / Feir Lockman Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - Fort Collins Coloradoan, 21 January 1945