Roy J. Newman

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/27/1944

Roy James Newman was born in Hartwell, McDowell County, West Virginia on August 27, 1919.
(The application for his grave marker gives his date of birth as September 28, 1919.)

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority
in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

He was drafted into the Army on May 30, 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. His home of residence was listed
as Jefferson City, Tennessee and his civilian occupation was listed as Semiskilled Drillers, Extraction Of Minerals
And Construction. he had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

Private Newman was killed in action in France during the attack against Cherbourg
on June 27, 1944.

Roy J. Newman was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Tennessee.

Burial:
Martha Sunderland Cemetery
Hamblen County
Tennessee

Grave marker for Roy J. Newman

Photo by Jean and Keith Clark from the Find A Grave website

BACK