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Personal info

Full name
UNOLD, Royal E
Date of birth
13 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New York, New York County, New York
Hometown
New York, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32869144
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Valentine Unold (father)
Alexandria Unold (mother)
Lawrence J. Unold (brother)
Geraldine Unold (sister)
Gloria Unold (sister)

More information

Sgt Royal E. Unold was employed at the Keystone Photo Engraving Company before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 20 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman, Fold 3 - 1946 WWII Casualty Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery