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Personal info

Full name
REUTER, Roy William
Date of birth
9 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33775600
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 42 15

Immediate family

Members
August F. Reuter (father)
Florence A. Reuter (mother)
Wilbert Reuter (brother)

More information

Pvt Roy W. Reuter attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 18 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy