World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Roy Ecklund
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Fred A. Halkett, Jr.
ENLISTED, AFTER FLIGHT TRAINING HE BECAME A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS PLANE CRASHED WHILE ON ROUTING TRAINING FLIGHT OVER TEXAS. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.