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Personal info

Full name
GIROUX, Roland Joseph
Date of birth
21 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028168
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles Giroux (father)
Marie A. (Goudreault) Giroux (mother)
Jeanette Giroux (sister)
Gladys M. (Potvin) Giroux (wife)

More information

Sgt Roland J. Giroux attended high school for one year and was a machinist before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Hutt Family Tree / Potvin Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen