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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Alfred Tennyson
Date of birth
29 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Sioux City, Plymouth County, Iowa
Hometown
Kansas

Military service

Service number
37529911
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 44 31

Immediate family

Members
Theodor F. Roberts (father)
Gladys K. (Keeling) Roberts (mother)
Claude E. Miller (stepfather)
Dannie J. Roberts (brother)
Foy F. Miller (half-brother)
Beverly A. Miller (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Alfred T. Roberts was a student when he was enlisted on 4 January 1943.

He was killed by an artillery shell fragment.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Man
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent