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Personal info

Full name
MYERS, Roy J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Hometown
Mill Spring, Wayne County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37133799
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 4

Immediate family

Members
Russell Myers (father)
Isebell Myers (mother)
Robert L. Myers (brother)
Luther J. Myers (brother)
Herman C. Myers (brother)
Virginia Myers (wife)

More information

Pvt Roy J. Myers was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously, for his actions on 23 January 1945. He killed two German snipers lodged in a building in a duel of one pistol against German machine gun fire. Returning with an automatic rifle he killed a third sniper, dropped a grenade into the basement and drove a fourth into the open, where he shot him, although slightly wounded himself. He was later killed in action that day.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

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