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Personal info

Full name
ROY, Homer Joe Allen
Date of birth
30 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Douthat, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Newton County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37520707
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 26

Immediate family

Members
Homer R. Roy (father)
Florence Roy (mother)
Yvonne Roy (sister)
Bonnie L. Roy (sister)
Charles Roy (brother)
Dewayne Roy (brother)
Deloria Roy (sister)
Nancy A. Roy (sister)

More information

Sgt Homer J. A. Roy was employed at Pet Milk Company.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 7 April 1943.

Sgt Roy was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of 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, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten