WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Roy Roach

Entered Service: February 10, 1941

Branch of Service: Army

Trained at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana from February 1941 until November 1941; Scott Field, Illinois from November 1941 until July 1942; Sioux Falls, South Dakota from July 1942 until December 1942; also San Bernardino, California. 

Discharged: October 1945 at San Bernardino, California.

Rank: Major

Total Months in Service: Sixty.

Attended Administrative Inspectors School at Denver, Colorado. Had charge of Air Mechanics School at San Bernardino, California. 

Also served in WWI. 

* * Source: The Austin, MN Daily Herald, Tues. June 17, 1941 -- pg 2.  Photo included of Capt. Roach.