54th Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division

As researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Marshall S. and Victoria (Tharp) Roberts

Born on January 21, 1922, on South Fork in Breathitt County, Kentucky

1930 Knott County, Kentucky Federal Census
Emuneration Dictrict Number 60-7, Supervisor's District 8
Elmrock Precinct, Date: April 19, 1930
Line Number 78
Marshall Robert          34
Victoria Roberts         32
     Gracie M. Roberts   12
     Raymond Roberts     9
     Sidney Roberts      7
     Maudie Roberts      6
     James Roberts       4      

1940 Knott County, Kentucky Federal Census
Emuneration Dictrict Number 60-3, Supervisor's District 7
Magisterial District Number 1, Date: May 11, 1940
Living on Cole's Fork of Buckhorn Creek
Line Number 44, Household Number 315
Marshall Robert          49
Victoria Roberts         43
     Grace Roberts       21
     Raymond Roberts     19
     Sidney Roberts      18
     Maudie Roberts      16
     James Roberts       13  

Military Service
54 Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division
Enlistment: August 10, 1940, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for three years
Service Number: 15044869
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

Killed in action on April 7, 1945, at Crailsheim, Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery at Saint-Avold, Moselle, Lorraine, France (Plot A, Row 8, Grave 53).

Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

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