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Personal info

Full name
STUART, Roland John
Date of birth
16 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Hometown
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
11016839
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 39

Immediate family

Members
Elmer M. Stuart (father)
Evira J. Stuart (mother)
Helen Stuart (sister)
Vivian Stuart (sister)

More information

Pfc Roland J. Stuart volunteered for the U.S. Army in Portland, Maine on 31 December 1941.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Maine, Birth Records, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Russ Pickett