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Personal info

Full name
DELUX, Rowland Thomas
Date of birth
28 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32640874
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
In the woods, called Bois Saint Lambert, Amay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 57

Immediate family

Members
Charles DeLux (father)
Juliana A. (Weiss) Delux (mother)
Elizabeth Delux (sister)
Stella Delux (sister)
Janette Delux (sister)
Earl Delux (brother)
Pearl Delux (sister)
Cornell G. Delux (brother)
Rose Delux (sister)
Marlon Delux (brother)
Kenneth Delux (brother)
Robert Delux (brother)
Wallace Delux (brother)
Wanda F. (Faulkner) DeLux (wife)
Thomas R. DeLux (son)
Tina DeLux (daughter)

More information

Pfc Rowland T. DeLux had been overseas since September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, 1920/1930/1940 US Census, www.findagrave.com – Mike Duffy, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Evening Leader and Corning Daily Democrat - 31 January 1945