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PFC Roy Fredrick Diggs

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PFC Roy Fredrick Diggs Veteran

Birth
Nebraska, USA
Death
21 Jun 1944 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 48.5190417, Longitude: -1.3052583
Plot
Plot K, Row 17, Grave 22
Memorial ID
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Roy entered the service shortly after Pearl Harbor. He served in Tunisia and Sicily where he was wounded then hospitalized in England. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Roy F. Diggs, Private First Class, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Service #37140147, State of Entry: Missouri, Death: 21 June 1944, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, U.S. Army, World War II.
Roy entered the service shortly after Pearl Harbor. He served in Tunisia and Sicily where he was wounded then hospitalized in England. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Roy F. Diggs, Private First Class, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, Service #37140147, State of Entry: Missouri, Death: 21 June 1944, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, U.S. Army, World War II.

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Missouri



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  • Maintained by: Mary Gale Rogers
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56351481/roy_fredrick-diggs: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Roy Fredrick Diggs (15 Jan 1919–21 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56351481, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Mary Gale Rogers (contributor 47003915).