 |
| PFC Roy Waldron served in the 3rd Infantry Division in France. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172070966/roy-p-waldron https://www.flickr.com/photos/unc-tv/5218306634 |
Roy Powers Waldron never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on October 18, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents Roy and Etta were also both born in Minnesota. His father worked as a car inspector and later a railroad laborer. Still later he worked as an air brakeman. Young Roy had three older sisters, one older brother and one younger brother. By 1940 Roy had completed eight years of schooling. He was living with his parents and worked as an assistant baker.
He was drafted into the army on December 20, 1943. He became a private first class in Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. PFC Waldron joined his unit as a replacement. The 3rd ID had been in action since North Africa, Sicily, and Salerno. It took part in the invasion of southern France and then fought through the Vosges Mountains and reached Strasbourg by late November 1944.
PFC Powers was killed in action on December 19, 1944. While most of the attention was further north in the Battle of the Bulge, the 3rd ID, was in the process of smashing through German positions outside of Strasbourg.
His grave is at Calvary Cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Last year on this date I profiled B-24 engineer Alton Elkin. You can read about Alton here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
Please consider joining the public Facebook group to increase the exposure of this project. Go to: WW2 Fallen 100
No comments:
Post a Comment