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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, John W
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
6887607
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 13 5

Immediate family

Members
Alice M. (Quilliam) Roberts (wife)

More information

Sgt John W. Roberts enlisted on 2 February 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Arkansas, County Marriages Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten