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Personal info

Full name
ATHERTON, Roger Lee
Date of birth
16 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon
Hometown
Payette, Colleton County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
19147038
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Beek, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 22

Immediate family

Members
Roger W. Atherton (father)
Nellie N. (Wann) Atherton (mother)
Wilbur H. Atherton (brother)
Charles Atherton (brother)
Richard W. Atherton (brother)
Mable W. Atherton (sister)
Clara Atherton (sister)
James G. Atherton (brother)
Fern V. Atherton (sister)
Mytle Atherton (sister)
Raymond Atherton (brother)

More information

Roger Atherton volunteered for the Army of the United States in Tacoma, Washington on 2 November 1942.

He was initially buried at Molenhoek Temporary American Military Cemetery near Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The bottom picture shows his temporary grave at this cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Scott Moose, Mary Duinmeijer-Bos