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Personal info

Full name
TRAUDT, Roland Quimby
Date of birth
23 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York
Hometown
Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York

Military service

Service number
32947515
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Dogneville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 10

Immediate family

Members
Louis J. Traudt (father)
Etta M. (Brundage) Traudt (mother)
Harold W. Traudt (brother)
Thelma M. Traudt (sister)
Douglas Traudt (brother)
Glenn Traudt (brother)
Howard Traudt (brother)

More information

Pfc Roland Q. Traudt attended high school for 4 years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 12 November 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Traudt Staats Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Daystcat