Comments regarding Private First Class Frank ROACH
Information compiled from various sources.
Military related information:

Service Number -1390279

Company L Platoon Not Known

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 22 Nov 1917. Listed as Private. Forwarded from Jeff Barracks, Missouri to 33rd DIV as recruit per Adjutant General instruction 25 Sep 1917. Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 10 Dec 1917 per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO). - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. Promoted to PFC per O#6 dtd 1 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. Appointed PFC per O#15 dtd 10 May 1918. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private First Class. - Personnel Report 16 October 1918: KIA; Killed in Action 13 October 1918

 Killed in action at Verdun, October 13, 1918, by gun shot, buried at Bois-de-Fays. Map Dun-sur-Meuse 1/20000, Appprox 3117-2843. Next of kin, Mr. Stephen Roach, brother, 1328 Raleigh Court, Chicago. Mother: Mary Roach. Ballyline, Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland


WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
Purple Heart
October 1918
Personnel Report
 

Biographic:

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United States, Veterans Administration Master Index
Name: Frank Roche or Roach
Event Type: Military Service
S/N 1390279
Private First Class (PFC), Company L, 132nd Infantry
Enlisted: Date Blank
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Ballyline Kery, Ireland
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1892
Death Date: 13 Oct 1918

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 


Index Record from the American Battle Monuments Commission
Full Name: Frank Roach
State Of Residence: Illinois
Death: 13-Oct-18
Death Date: 13 Oct 1918
Buried: Buried at: Plot E Row 24 Grave 14 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Romagne, France
Memorial Location: Plot E Row 24 Grave 14
Memorial Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Memorial Country: Romagne, France
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Regiment: 132nd Infantry Regiment, 33rd Division
Conflict Period: World War I
Served For: United States of America

Miscellaneous:

Born 24 September 1892, Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland.

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