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NAME Lawrence Harold Roud |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 261857 |
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| UNIT VMF-222 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 2815 Crescent Avenue Homewood, AL |
NEXT OF KIN Wife, Mrs. Mary S. Roud |
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| DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1919 at New York, NY |
ENTERED SERVICE October 8, 1937 at New York, NY |
DATE OF LOSS June 19, 1943 |
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| REGION Central Pacific |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Midway |
CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Technical Sergeant Lawrence H. Roud was a pilot assigned to VMF-222, a Marine fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Midway in the summer of 1943. Roud was killed on 19 June 1943, while on a routine flight in a Corsair fighter (F4U-1 02251). At 2030 hours, approximately a half-mile from Midway, his plane suddenly plunged into the sea, exploding on impact and sinking quickly. No trace of the pilot was found, and due to the circumstances of the accident, he was declared dead. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS — |
LAST KNOWN RANK Technical Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea |
MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial |
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