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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Theodore Joseph
Date of birth
13 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31471753
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 7

Immediate family

Members
Theodore N. Roberts (father)
Katherine H. Roberts (mother)
Eleanor K. Roberts (sister)
Arthur Roberts (brother)
Dorothy Roberts (sister)
Margaret V. Roberts (sister)
Edmund J. Roberts (brother)

More information

Pvt Theodore J. Roberts attended Haverhill High School for three years before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 26 June 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.fold3.com