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Personal info

Full name
RACKETT, Roy Cleveland
Date of birth
28 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Indiana Harbor, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Highland, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35099493
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 36

Immediate family

Members
Roy C. Rackett (father)
Grace E. (Porater) Rackett (mother)
Frances M. Rackett (sister)
May A. Rackett (sister)
Virginia Rackett (sister)

More information

Pvt Roy C. Rackett attended St. Mary's School in Griffith and Hammond Technical School, then he was employed at the Pleasant View Dairy Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 25 March 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Robin Sorrentino Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - WWII History Fan, www.newspapers.com - The Times 12 September 1944
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