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Personal info

Full name
ROEBUCK, Harry Charles
Date of birth
12 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota
Hometown
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37742375
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 1 7

Immediate family

Members
August Roebuck (father)
Emillie (König) Roebuck (mother)
Arthur W. Roebuck (brother)
Frank W. Roebuck (brother)
Henryetta E. Roebuck (sister)
Leon A. Roebuck (brother)
Leverna L. Roebuck (sister)
Kenneth W. Roebuck (brother)
Catherine F. Roebuck (wife)
Harriet S. Roebuck (daughter)

More information

Sgt Harry C. Roebuck attended high school for two years and was employed at the Iowa-Missouri Walnut Company before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 4 May 1944. He had been overseas since November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hulit Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - St Joseph News Press 19 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - St Joseph News Press 19 March 1945