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Personal info

Full name
SADLER, Roy Autmon
Date of birth
1 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Madison, Madison County, Florida
Hometown
Perry, Taylor County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34789725
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
19 November 1944
Place of death
Bréménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 25 18

Immediate family

Members
Samuel W. Sadler (father)
Lilla C. (Grice) Sadler (mother)
Jesse W. Sadler (brother)
Onseylo Sadler (brother)
Corine Sadler (sister)
Lois Sadler (sister)
Rosalee Sadler (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Sadler worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 9 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his thigh.

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