World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roy Lee Walters
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Monroe, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MARINE CORPS AFTER GRADUATION FROM FURMAN UNIVERSITY IN 1941. SERVED WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. FOUGHT AS A PLATOON LEADER AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AT GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND AT CAPE GLOUCESTER ON NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.