World War II Honoree

Roger Lee Bell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, INCLUDING IN THE NORTH AFRICAN (NATOUSA) AND MEDITERRANEAN (MTOUSA) THEATERS OF OPERATIONS, WITH THE 419TH MILITARY POLICE ESCORT GUARD COMPANY. HE WAS STATIONED AT CASABLANCA, MOROCCO IN NORTHWEST AFRICA, AND MADE 6 TRIPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. PARTICIPATED IN THE ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO CAMPAIGN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.