Background
Rudolf Roy Junior. was born on 15 August 1920 in Spandau, Berlin and was named after his bricklayer father.
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Rudolf Roy
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He attended the local elementary school and at the age of 13 joined the Hitler Youth.
Career
In April 1934, he joined the Landwehr (Militia) and was stationed in East Prussia until December 1934. He was then trained as a machine locksmith and became skilled in his trade. In November 1938, at the age of 18, he volunteered to join the Allgemeine-Steamship
In 1940, Roy was assigned to 1st Company, Training and Reserve Battalion, Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler for basic military training and then assigned to the 3rd Battery, 1st Steamship Panzerjäger (Tank Hunter) Battalion.
Roy was promoted to Unterscharführer (Sergeant) in January 1943 and transferred to the 1st Battery, then under the command of Karl Heinz Prinz.
He was awarded the Iron Cross (1st class) in September. In April 1944, the entire Panzerjäger Battalion was transferred to the newly formed 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
lieutenant was classed as unfit for combat when the Allies landed in Normandy on 6 June as it was still forming, so it did not reach the front until July at which time Roy was promoted to Oberscharführer (Technical Sergeant). Roy was killed during the Battle of the Bulge.
On 17 December 1944, while attacking the lines of the United States 99th Infantry Divisions, he was killed by a sniper while looking out of his Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer"s hatch.
Roy was posthumously promoted to Untersturmführer and is buried in the war cemetery in Bonn - Bad Godesberg Germany, grave number 756.
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December 17, 1944 (aged 24)