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Personal info

Full name
LATIMER, Roy William
Date of birth
24 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Arkport, Steuben County, New York
Hometown
Arkport, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
32037735
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 5 7

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Latimer (father)
Mary A. Latimer (mother)
Ray A. Latimer (brother)
Mabel Latimer (wife)

More information

T/4 Roy W. Latimer attended high school for four years and was a filling station attendant before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 18 April 1941.

He was killed by a bullet in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - nepper