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S1c Raymond Roy Root

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S1c Raymond Roy Root

Birth
Ellsworth, Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA
Death
10 Jul 1943 (aged 21)
At Sea
Burial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy Add to Map
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Raymond R. Root
Seaman, First Class, U.S. Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 11-Jul-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

NARA War Department records list his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Sophie Root, Route 2; Ellsworth, Kansas...Crew-member of the USS MADDOX(DD-622) that was sunk by a German dive-bomber on July 10, 1943 16 miles off the shore of Gela, Sicily.
Raymond R. Root
Seaman, First Class, U.S. Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Kansas
Died: 11-Jul-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart

NARA War Department records list his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Mother: Mrs. Sophie Root, Route 2; Ellsworth, Kansas...Crew-member of the USS MADDOX(DD-622) that was sunk by a German dive-bomber on July 10, 1943 16 miles off the shore of Gela, Sicily.

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  • Maintained by: Richard
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56313858/raymond_roy-root: accessed ), memorial page for S1c Raymond Roy Root (15 Oct 1921–10 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56313858, citing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Richard (contributor 51593623).