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Personal info

Full name
ROYSE, Alfred Rozelle
Date of birth
3 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Richland County, Illinois
Hometown
Olney, Richland County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36987361
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Chaumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Virgle Royse (father)
Adia (Blitstein) Royse (mother)
Earnest Royse (brother)
Elizabeth Royse (sister)
Carl Royse (brother)
Evelyn Royse (sister)

More information

Pvt Alfred R. Royse attended Olney Township High School and worked on the family farm when he enlisted on 30 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the upper leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, Cédric Touchèque