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SEARLE, Roy J - Date of
birth
25 February 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Esmond, Providence County, Island -
Hometown
Esmond, Providence County, Rhode Island
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31182989 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
9 December 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Rehlingen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Harvey D. Searle (father)
Mabel M. Searle (mother)
Raymond Searle (twin brother)
More information
Pfc Roy J. Searle attended high school for three years and was a textile weaver at the Esmond Mill.He enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 17 October 1942.
His unit crossed the Saar River on 6 December 1944 and attempted for the next two days to capture and hold two heavily defended towns Pachtener Kopfe and Rehlingen. Searle was mortally wounded during enemy engagement on 9 December and was reported to have died of his wounds near Rehlingen, Germany.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 3 October 2022 that Pfc. Roy J. Searle was accounted for on 27 September 2022.
Pfc Searle was buried on 13 September 2023 at the South Florida National Cemetery, in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – La France Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hansen