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Personal info

Full name
THOUNE, Roy Peter
Date of birth
3 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Stephenson, Menominee County, Michigan
Hometown
Stephenson, Menominee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36403874
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
The woods between Chenogne and Senonchamps (vicinity of Sibret), Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 37

Immediate family

Members
Frank Thoune (father)
Elizabeth I. (Tickler) Thoune (mother)
Francis A. Thoune (brother)
LaVerne H. Thoune (sister)
Sarah A. Thoune (sister)
Gerald M. Thoune (brother)
Milton J. Thoune (brother)
Hubert P. Thoune (brother)
Lloyd Thoune (brother)
Raymond S. Thoune (brother)

More information

Pvt Roy P. Thoune worked on a farm before he enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 9 October 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, After Action Report 60th Armored Infantry Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Thoune