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Personal info

Full name
YOQUELET, Roy Kenneth
Date of birth
18 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Roanoke, Huntington County, Indiana
Hometown
Roanoke, Huntington County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35249166
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kehmen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 3 16

Immediate family

Members
George E. Yoquelet (father)
Lydia (Fulmer) Yoquelet (mother)
Viola Yoquelet (sister)
Gladys Yoquelet (sister)
Earl R. Yoquelet (brother)
Glen C. Yoquelet (brother)
Mary M. Yoquelet (sister)
Eldon L. Yoquelet (brother)
Robert E. Yoquelet (brother)
Rosalea Yoquelet (sister)
Melvin Yoquelet (brother)
Ruth M. (Hutchison) Yoquelet (wife)
Roy K. Yoquelet Jr. (son)
Nancy L. Yoquelet (daughter)

More information

Pfc Roy K. Yoquelet was an employee of Wabash R.R. Co. before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 26 March 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Indiana Birth Records, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, Fort Wayne News Sentinel 24 January 1945