Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, First Class
Service Number	342 03 09
Birth Date	March 8, 1919
From	Tehachapi, California
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Corvina (SS-226)
Loss Date	November 16, 1943
Location	Just south of Truk
Circumstances	Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176
Remarks	Roy was born in Newton, Missouri.

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