from Texarkana,Arkansas,USA
Private (38331840)
FSSF
born 18.6.1920 Gahagan,Louisiana
son of Marion and Birdie (nee Coleman) Roach
graduated high school
enlisted 1943
1 Ranger Bn
FSSF 1944
re-enlisted 12.1.1946 Little Rock,Arkansas (Private,Quartermaster Corps)
served Korean War
retired 1963
married Bruxie A. King 1961 (1921-2007) (8 stepchildren)
died 16.7.2015 Iola,Kansas
Colony Cemetery,Colony,Anderson County,Kansas