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Dr Roscoe Allen “Rocky” Boyer

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Dr Roscoe Allen “Rocky” Boyer Veteran

Birth
Death
2 Apr 2008 (aged 89)
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Pickard, Clinton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Near flag pole
Memorial ID
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Twice a veteran...
Born in Clinton County, Indiana on the Boyer family farm. In May 1941, the day after graduating from Franklin College, Roscoe was drafted into WWII. He served in the Army Air Corps, in the decorated 110th Observation Squadron, seeing action in the Philippines and Japan.
He married his wife, Margaret Anne Dillard, in Paoli, Indiana in 1947.
He went on to complete graduate school at IU in Bloomington Indiana.
Roscoe was then Recalled to Air Force service during the Korean War and then retired as a full colonel in the USAR Reserve,
He completed his graduate degree and began teaching at the University of Mississippi.
Margaret and Roscoe lived in Mississippi until his death.
Twice a veteran...
Born in Clinton County, Indiana on the Boyer family farm. In May 1941, the day after graduating from Franklin College, Roscoe was drafted into WWII. He served in the Army Air Corps, in the decorated 110th Observation Squadron, seeing action in the Philippines and Japan.
He married his wife, Margaret Anne Dillard, in Paoli, Indiana in 1947.
He went on to complete graduate school at IU in Bloomington Indiana.
Roscoe was then Recalled to Air Force service during the Korean War and then retired as a full colonel in the USAR Reserve,
He completed his graduate degree and began teaching at the University of Mississippi.
Margaret and Roscoe lived in Mississippi until his death.


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  • Created by: C Newton
  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254249505/roscoe_allen-boyer: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Roscoe Allen “Rocky” Boyer (14 Mar 1919–2 Apr 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 254249505, citing Hills Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickard, Clinton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by C Newton (contributor 51291857).