Leroy ROARK
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 38510633 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 19 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 3 Février 1925 Wilmot, Comté d'Ashley ARKANSAS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ETAT | ARKANSAS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY | Parents: Christopher Columbus & Willie Lee Reid ROARK Half Siblings: Robert Radford , Lula , George Lee & Joe Carroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Private | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | July 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | 1st Battalion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 115th Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 29th Infantry Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 2 August 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | DOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Percy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Son of Christopher Columbus ROARK and Willie Lee REED McCAIN, Leroy was born on February 3, 1925 in Wilmot Arkansas, he was incorporated into the army in July 1943. Assigned to the 29th Infantry Division he trained at Camp Walters (Texas) and at Fort Meade (Maryland) before embarking on October 5, 1943 on the Queen Elizabeth bound for Geenock in Scotland, then Tideworth in England. The 115th Infantry Regiment which is part of the 2nd wave landed at "Omaha Beach" Fox Green sector around 10:30 on June 6, and took the direction of the hamlet of Moulins, then St. Marguerite and St Lo which will be released only the July 18th at night. The division has lost 7,000 men including 2,000 dead since the D-Day. The offensive resumes on July 29 and the regiment is heavily engaged in the sector of Percy, object of a vain German counterattack. Injured in combat on 01/08/44, Leroy is evacuated to a hospital where he will die as a result of his injuries.
His half-brother Joë C Mc CAIN TC4 at the 746th Tank Battalion killed in action on June 29, 1944 during the capture of Cherbourg is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29th INFANTRY DIVISION - BLUE AND GRAY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Jean Yves TURQUETIL / Findagrave.com - joe-carroll-mccain / Findagrave.com leroy-roark / Abmc.gov - ROARK / Abmc.gov - Mc CAIN |
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PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |