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TINSLEY, Roger L - Date of
birth
10 May 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Georgia -
Hometown
Lafayette County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-539316 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
14 January 1945 - Place of
death
Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 9 | 33 |
Immediate family
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Members
Raymer W. Tinsley (father)
Alice E. (Keown) Tinsley (mother)
Calvin S. Tinsley (brother)
Barbara Tinsley (sister)
More information
2nd Lt Roger L. Tinsley attended collegeand worked in an aircraft factory.He joined the Regular Army in University, Mississippi on 2 June 1942.
He was seriously wounded in Foy and taken to Bastogne, where he died of his wounds.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
Lt Tinsley is remembered at the Oakwood Cemetery in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Warren and Tinsley, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com - Debbie Howes
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Anita R. Austill, www.honorstates.org