Name:
Beverly Sampson, III Royster
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
18985
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Elmwood Cemetery, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
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Beverly Sampson Royster III was born on June 21, 1918, in Moore County, North Carolina. He was the son of Beverly Sampson Royster Jr. and Elizabeth Page Royster.
He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.