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Personal info

Full name
LONG, Roy Vernon
Date of birth
5 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri
Hometown
Ector County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18077309
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Gunner
Unit
559th Bombardment Squadron,
387th Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 37

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd L. Long (father)
Nellie I. (Spence) Long (mother)
Betty J. Long (sister)
Robert W. Long (brother)
Barbara A. Long (sister)
Mabel (Arnaud) Long (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-31662
Data
Type: B-26B-15-MA
Nickname: Old Crow
Destination: Zweibrücken, Germany
Mission: Not available
MACR: 10826

More information

Sgt Roy V. Long attended high school for 4 years.

He volunteered for the U.S. Army in Lubbock, Texas on 17 August 1942.

Statement from S/Sgt Warren H. Rathbun:
"I saw 662 off to the right of our ship with the left engine smoking. It dropped down a little, slipped over underneath us, and kept going straight ahead. As we turned, 662 seemed to be under control, and before it got out of my sight, the left engine had stopped smoking. It was about to go into the overcast when it went out of my sight, but it was still under control. I also noted that part of the cowling had blown off. I did not see any parachutes."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Long Family Tree, www.fold3.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Diana Satterfield, www.B26.com