Roy J. Eckert

ECKERT, Roy J Servicenumber: 20710372 Age: Not available Born: 1911, Wisconsin Hometown: Rugby, Pierce County, North Dakota Family: Carl Eckert (father) Helen Eckert (mother) Lizzie Eckert (sister) Theodore Eckert (brother) Ella F. Eckert (sister) Ellen Eckert (sister) Arthur Eckert (brother) Rosa Eckert (sister) Albert W. Eckert (brother) Helen Eckert (sister) Lina Eckert (sister) Henry Eckert (brother) Rank: Private Function: Not available Regiment: 119th Infantry Regiment Battalion: Not available Division €“ Transport: 30th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: Not available Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 23 February 1945 Status: KIA Place of death: Crossing of Roer River, in the vicinity of Schophoven, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster Gravenumber: Plot P, Row 15, Grave 10 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Pvt Roy J. Eckert enlisted in Minot, North Dakota on 10 February 1941. 23 February - 30th Infantry Division crosses the Roer in vicinity of Schophoven. 119th Infantry Regiment seizes villages of Selgersdorf, Altenburg and Daubenrath, and at 23.00 hours opens attack for Hambach. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Bindert-Wilhelm Tree, http://www.xixcorps.nl/XIX_Corps_Chronology_February_1945.htm, www.oldhickory30th.com Photo source: J. H. Wetzels