Stephens Royce Coy

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Royce Coy Stephens is honored on the following 3 monument(s) in our database:

Berlin Airlift Memorial (Luftbr�ckendenkmal)

Berlin Airlift Monument

Name:

Royce Coy Stephens

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

AO 680 754

Unit:

60th Troop Carrier Command

Date of Death:

1949-03-04

State:

Cemetery:

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

273

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Royce Coy Stephens was born on August 30, 1921. He served in the 60th Troop Carrier Squadron as a First Lieutenant during World War II. During the Berlin Airlift, he was the Pilot on the C-54E #44-9086 that crashed near Bad Langensalza, Germany due to an in-flight fire caused by an oil leak, killing him. 1LT Stephens is buried now in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA.