- SURNAME
Roosevelt
- FORENAME
Quentin
- UNIT
OSS China
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
- PLACE
China
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 4.11.1919 Oyster Bay,Long Island,New York
son of Brig.-Gen.Theodore,Jr and and Eleanor Butler (nee Alexander) Roosevelt
father died of heart attack 12.7.1944 Normandy
grandson of Theodore D. Roosevelt,26th President of the U.S.A.
nephew of Quentin Roosevelt,KIA 14.7.1918 as Lt U.S.A.A.S.
graduated Harvard University 1941
US Army
WIA February 1943 Kasserine Pass,North Africa
award Silver Star,Purple Heart,Croix de Guerre
OSS China
married Frances Blanche Webb
Director,China National Aviation Corp.
killed in air crash 21.12.1948 near Hong Kong
buried Basalt Island,Hong Kong Harbour
memorial in Young's Cemetery,Oyster Bay,New York
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