Guy served as a Private in the 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided at 225 Adams Street, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 1, 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the foundry occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Guy 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.
Guy was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
His remains were not recovered and he was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32734023
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided at 225 Adams Street, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 1, 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the foundry occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Guy 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.
Guy was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
His remains were not recovered and he was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32734023
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Guy served as a Private in the 853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided at 225 Adams Street, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 1, 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the foundry occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Guy 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.
Guy was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
His remains were not recovered and he was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32734023
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided at 225 Adams Street, Rochester, Monroe County, New York prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 1, 1943 in Rochester, New York. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the foundry occupation and also as Single, without dependents.
Guy 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.
Guy was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
His remains were not recovered and he was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32734023
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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