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ROLLER, Emmit Hancle - Date of
birth
16 March 1906 -
Age
38 - Place of
birth
Gravel Switch, Marion County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35476396 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Longvilly, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 11 | 52 |
Immediate family
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Members
James W. Roller (father)
Ada (Stark) Roller (mother)
Lettie J. Roller (sister)
Welby Roller (brother)
Lottie Roller (sister)
George H. Roller (brother)
Phoebie Roller (sister)
James R. Roller (brother)
Ray Roller (brother)
Clarese Roller (sister)
Pearly Roller (sister)
Roy M. Roller (brother)
More information
Pfc Emmit H. Roller was a semi-skilled cement and concrete finisher before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 9 April 1942.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 / Getz Sickels Addis Petriga Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten