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Personal info

Full name
DUMAS, Roy Albert
Date of birth
12 February 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Stratford, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36244846
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Petit-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 31

Immediate family

Members
Albert C. Dumas (father)
Gertrude C. (Harkin) Dumas (mother)
Irene E. Dumas (sister)
Lucille M. Dumas (sister)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Dumas attended high school for two years and was an Atlas Plywood Corporation employee for about five years before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 9 June 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.
He was reported wounded in action on 16 December 1944 and died in a hospital to the effects of artillery shell fragments on 17 December 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Joseph Dumas Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Tim Koenig, www.newspapers.com – The Rhinelander Daily News 29 December 1944
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