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Pilot B-17 KIA February 29, 1944. Shot down (flack) over Germany on February 29, 1944

B-17 copilot. Killed (all 10 in crew) over Pollinkhove, Belguim on Jan. 13, 1943. 365 BS 305 BG 8th AF

Roy entered the Navy April 4, 1943, the day before his 18th birthday. Roy served on the USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) participating in the Philippine operation, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa Campaigns. He was part of a force that occupied Japan immediately after the war ended. Following the end of WWII, Roy returned to South Carolina to attend college under the GI Bill, graduating from the University of South Carolina and their School of Law in 1951. Wanting to experience life beyond the borders of Great Falls, he joined the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC) in 1955, serving more than 22 years with tours at Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, Camp Darby – Italy, and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; the Pentagon, Vietnam, Hawaii and Huntsville, Alabama, where he retired.