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Personal info

Full name
HANLIN, Roy H Jr
Date of birth
5 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Barnum, Mineral County, West Virginia
Hometown
Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35079514
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 22

Immediate family

Members
Homer C. Hanlin (father)
Ottie L. Hanlin (wife)
Betty L. Hanlin (daughter)
Helen L. Hanlin (daughter)
Robert Hanlin (son)
Marvin G. Hanlin (son)

More information

Pvt Roy H. Hanlin Jr. was a metal worker before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on 7 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Herman Wolters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – Cumberland Evening Times Maryland 29 December 1944
Photo source: Roy Hardy