Lt. Roy Arthur Fuller
Born: 13 July 1916 – Maywood, Illinois
Parents: Clarence W. Fuller and Lucia M. Struckmeyer-Fuller
Siblings: 2 brothers, 2 sisters
– twin brother: Ray
Hometown:- 409 South Seventh Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Emerson Grade School
– Proviso Township High School
– Graduating Class: 1934
– Purdue University
– Class of 1938
Wife: Constance
Son: Roy, Jr.
Occupation: Federal Bureau of Investigation – Washington, D.C.
Enlisted:
– Unknown – United States Naval Reserve
Serial Number: O&106132
Training:
– Anacostia Naval Air Station – Washington D.C.
– Jacksonville. Florida
– Miami, Florida
– trained as a pilot
Ship: U.S.S. Shangri-la
Engagements:
– airstrike against Japanese held islands of Okino, Daito, and Iwo Jima
– destroyed radar and radio installations
– Battle of Okinawa
– air support of 10th Army
– Air battle over Japanese Island of Kyushu
Missing in Action:
– 2 June 1945
– plane shot down by enemy fire
– planes were making strikes on the Japanese Island of Kyushu against fierce Japanese fighter resistance
Declared Dead: 3 June 1946
Memorial:
– Honolulu Memorial Courts of the Missing
– National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific- Honolulu, Hawaii
Medals:
– Air Medal
– Purple Heart
