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Personal info

Full name
ROEDER, Wilbur J
Date of birth
21 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36966776
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles P. Roeder (father)
Anna M. (Vranek) Roeder (mother)
Orville P. Roeder (brother)

More information

Pfc Roeder was a firefighter with the Chicago Fire Department in Chicago's Chinatown before he was drafted in 1944.
He was taken prisoner on 9 January 1945 and died as in POW camp Stalag 4B. His remains were never recovered.

At the time he was taken prisoner, his unit was engaged in the fighting in Hatten, France.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.bridgeportnews.net/10-05-2011.pdf