Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 16, 1943.
Roscoe served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-174), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war. He was also survived by his mother and brother Goodwin. He married his wife, the former Alice Elizabeth Meyers, in Honolulu in 1940.
Roscoe was declared "Missing In Action" when the Shark was probably sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-074854
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Roscoe served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-174), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war. He was also survived by his mother and brother Goodwin. He married his wife, the former Alice Elizabeth Meyers, in Honolulu in 1940.
Roscoe was declared "Missing In Action" when the Shark was probably sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-074854
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 16, 1943.
Roscoe served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-174), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war. He was also survived by his mother and brother Goodwin. He married his wife, the former Alice Elizabeth Meyers, in Honolulu in 1940.
Roscoe was declared "Missing In Action" when the Shark was probably sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-074854
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Roscoe served as a Lieutenant, U.S.S. Shark (SS-174), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in the District Of Columbia prior to the war. He was also survived by his mother and brother Goodwin. He married his wife, the former Alice Elizabeth Meyers, in Honolulu in 1940.
Roscoe was declared "Missing In Action" when the Shark was probably sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze east of Manado during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-074854
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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