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Personal info

Full name
ROBINSON, Roy Lee
Date of birth
2 March 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Olive Branch, Alexander County, Illinois
Hometown
Alexander County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16039417
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 14

Immediate family

Members
Bert E. Robinson (father)
Effie E. (Denfip) Robinson (mother)
Mable L. Robinson (sister)
Elvis L. Robinson (brother)
Bert E. Robinson (brother)
Bettie J. (Grace) Robinson (wife)

More information

Pvt Roy L. Robinson joined the Regular Army in Ottawa, Illinois on 8 July 1940.

He is remembered at the Olive Branch Cemetery in Olive Branch, Alexander County, Illinois.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, http://www.89infdivww2.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Chad Kendell