US PARAS Basehore, Roy Books

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Basehore ​

• FORENAME

Roy Books​

• UNIT

504 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

13095201 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th December 1943 ​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy Plot F Row 6 Grave 20 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania​

born 28.03.1924 Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Isaac B. Basehore (1875-1959)​

mother Lizzie M. (nee Books) Basehore (1884-1936)​

4 years high school​

1942 graduated Hershey High School​

civil occupation skilled compositors and typesetters​

employed by Telgraph Press, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Palmyra, Pennsylvania​

19.11.1942 entered service Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​

Next of kin - Father. Mr. Isaac B. Basehore, 1220 Harding Avenue, Palmyra, Pennsylvania​

KIA Italy ​

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