Name:
Roamy Eugene Dandridge
Rank:
Master Sergeant
Serial Number:
6493702
Unit:
US Army Signal Corps
Date of Death:
1945-01-18
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France
Plot:
B
Row:
47
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Comments:
Roamy Eugene Dandridge was born on January 11, 1901, in Texas. He was the son of Benjamin Robert Dandridge and Callie Donna Bryant Dandridge. He was the husband of Daney Lane Crawford.
At the time of his death, Roamy was serving in the Signal Corps, as a Master Sergeant and a passenger on the C-47 #43-48611. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to be transported to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.
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