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Personal info

Full name
LANDSITTEL, Roy W Sr "Sailor"
Date of birth
16 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Groveton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33706536
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Homécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 42

Immediate family

Members
Henry Landsittel (father)
Frances Landsittel (mother)
Floyd Landsittel (brother)
Myrna Landsittel (sister)
Fay Landsittel (sister)
Garold Landsittel (brother)
Elmer Landsittel (brother)
Norman Landsittel (brother)
Madeline (Byrle) Landsittel (wife)
Roy W. Landsittel Jr. (son)

More information

Sgt Roy W. Landsittel Sr. was a school bus driver before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 8 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / 1910 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph 8 October 1944