World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roger Fowler Conger
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Quitman, Texas
Honored By
Family
PROUDLY SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE AT LEYTE AND OKINAWA, JAPAN. HE FOUGHT BRAVELY AND HEROICALLY AND WAS WOUNDED. FOR HIS HEROIC SERVICE UNDER FIRE HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL; FOR THE BATTLE WOUND HE RECEIVED WHILE UNDER FIRE, HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL.