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SPRISTER, Roy Walter - Date of
birth
28 May 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Grand Chute, Outgamie County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Outgamie County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36285921 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 13 | 22 |
Immediate family
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Members
Paul A. Sprister (father)
Sarah F. (Niss) Sprister (mother)
Dorothy M. Sprister (sister)
Carl O. Sprister (brother)
Ardella Sprister (sister)
Alice E. Sprister (sister)
Frank W. Sprister (brother)
Irene L. Sprister (sister)
Margaret A. Sprister (sister)
Margie (Weyenberg) Sprister (wife)
Ronald P. Sprister (son)
More information
Sgt Roy W. Sprister enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 25 November 1942.He was a Structural-and ornamental-metal worker before he enlisted.
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 / Tennessen Family Tree / Lundie Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Roy Sprister (grandson), Lambert Kliebisch, News-Record 7 May 1945