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Personal info

Full name
PETTIS, Roland L
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Greene, Chenango County, New York

Military service

Service number
32546198
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
Maizières-lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 27 1

Immediate family

Members
Willard Pettis (father)
Samuel Pettis (brother)

More information

Pfc Roland L. Pettis worked on a farm before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 22 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary 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, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun Bulletin New York - 3 November 1944
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