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Personal info

Full name
BROOKSHIRE, Roy Wallace
Date of birth
1 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Shelby County, Tennessee
Hometown
Shelby County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34937986
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
West of Winterspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 12 43

Immediate family

Members
William M. Brookshire (father)
Alma F. (Sylvester) Brookshire (mother)
Martha E. Brookshire (sister)
Mary H. Brookshire (sister)

More information

Pvt Roy W. Brookshire worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 9 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Chapman Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Taffeney