Bayard served as a Corporal, 322nd Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 7, 1942 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Laboratory technician and/or assistant and also as Single, with dependents.

Bayard was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.

The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.

1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.

Bayard was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 33244510

Bayard also has a "cenotaph" in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
" Click Here " for that record.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )

Bayard served as a Corporal, 322nd Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on November 7, 1942 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Laboratory technician and/or assistant and also as Single, with dependents.

Bayard was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.

The Rohna and four other troop ships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177's. One of the 177's, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.

1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.

Bayard was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 33244510

Bayard also has a "cenotaph" in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
" Click Here " for that record.

( Bio by: Russ Pickett )