Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ROBY, Irving
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-540102
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 4

Immediate family

Members
Harry S. Roby (father)
Bessie A. Roby (mother)
Dorothy Roby (sister)
Helen Roby (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Irving Roby joined the Regular Army in Columbia, Missouri on 27 June 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / 1940 Census / U.S., WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Portier, Obituary