World War II Honoree

Roy Warren

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Monetta, South Carolina

Honored By

Geneva Diane Mitchum Gantt

Relationship

Great Niece

PRIVATE. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY ON JANUARY 29, 1944. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA AND FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. SENT TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER WITH COMPANY C, 60TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION ON ACTIVE DUTY. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A SNIPER IN OSTEND, BELGIUM ON 14 OCTOBER 1944. INTERMENT WAS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND HIS REMAINS WERE MOVED TO RIDGE SPRING CEMETERY, RIDGE SPRING, SOUTH CAROLINA IN MAY 1948. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND WWII SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.