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Personal info

Full name
ROBERTS, Alfred Lewis
Date of birth
27 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan
Hometown
St. Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36894064
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kayersberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 28 40

Immediate family

Members
Patrick J. Roberts (father)
Bertha A. (Sasse) Roberts (mother)
Theresa Roberts (sister)
Mary Roberts (sister)
Catherine Roberts (sister)
William Roberts (brother)
Mildred Roberts (sister)
Joseph Roberts (brother)
Cecelia Roberts (sister)
Francis Roberts (sister)
Mathew Roberts (brother)
Hanora Roberts (sister)
Marion Roberts (sister)
Josephine (Guidiani) Roberts (wife)

More information

Pfc Alfred L. Roberts attended high school for three years and was a truck driver employed by the Fabiano Bros Co.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Randy