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Personal info

Full name
ROYER, Eugene Joseph
Date of birth
22 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
St. Nénée-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
Hometown
Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31167388
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 73

Immediate family

Members
Octave J. Royer (father)
Marie (Labreque) Royer (mother)
Joseph Royer (brother)
Albert Royer (brother)
Orner Royer (brother)
Laureat Royer (brother)
Arthur Royer (brother)
Laurea Royer (brother)
Joseph G. Royer (brother)
Octave Royer (brother)
Adella M. Royer (sister)
Maria A. Royer (sister)
Delia M. Royer (sister)
Logan Royer (brother)
Alphonse J. Royer (brother)
Maria Royer (half-sister)
Lecla Royer (half-sister)
Alice R. (Arnold) Royer (wife)
Victor J. Royer (son)
Joyce M. Royer (daughter)
Thomas E. Royer (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene J. Royer immigrated from Canada to the United States on 15 May 1929.

He was a shipping clerk before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 6 August 1942.

On 8 March 1943 he was naturalized at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts. At that time he was serving with the 16th General Hospital.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his abdomen and pelvis.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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