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Personal info

Full name
EADEN, Roy Edward
Date of birth
24 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Hometown
Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39335119
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 13 15

Immediate family

Members
John E. Eaden (father)
Helen G. (Payne) Eaden (mother)
Regina M. Eaden (sister)

More information

Pvt Roy E. Eaden attended high school for two years and was a machinist apprentice before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 7 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gillett Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
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