Leopold Roy

1920 - 1945  (24 years)

• Name	Leopold Roy
  Relationship	with Marie Therese Nadeau
  Born	14 Oct 1920	Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA   [1]
  Baptized	17 Oct 1920	Ste Luce, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Other Name	Paul
  Military Service	From 23 Dec 1943 to 25 Jun 1945	France, Holland, Germany   [3, 4]
  World War II, PFC in 325th Glider Infantry, 82th Airborne Div
  	325th Glider Infantry Regiment The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment's role in World War II - Salerno, Normandy D-Day+1, and the Battle of the Bulge
  Military Service	From 7 Jul 1944 to 16 Jul 1944	Normandy, France
  World War II, Normandy Campaign, Operation Hackensack
  Military Service	From 23 Sep 1944 to 14 Nov 1944	Arnhem, Holland
  World War II, 325th Glider Infantry was part of Operation Market Garden. Paul was wounded on 24 Oct 1944
  Military Service	From 18 Dec 1944 through Jan 1945	Ardennes Forest
  World War II, Battle of the Bulge, the 325th dug in around the crossroads and held and decimated 2 German divisions
  Military Service	25 Jun 1945	Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France
  World War II, drowned swimming Moselle River, Epinal, France as a member of the 82nd Airborne Div, 325th Glider Infantry
  Died	25 Jun 1945	Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France   [5]
  Burial	26 Jun 1945	US Military Cemetery, Andilly, France
  Buried	1948	St Agatha Cemetery, St Agatha, Aroostook County, Maine, USA   [6]
  Siblings	10 siblings
  + 1. Sylvio P. Roy ,   b. 15 Feb 1912, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1963, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 51 years) ▻ Patricia Bourgoin ,  m. 19 Jun 1934 + 2. Therese Roy ,   b. 12 Jun 1913, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 2003, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA  (Age 89 years) ▻ John Gardner ,  m. 5 Jan 1956   3. Adeline Roy ,   b. 17 Dec 1914, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 2000, Suffolk County, New York, USA  (Age 85 years)   4. Lorenzo P Roy ,   b. 6 Jun 1916, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1963  (Age 47 years)   5. Antonio Roy ,   b. 5 Sep 1918, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 1941, St Agatha, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 22 years)   6. Leopold Roy ,   b. 14 Oct 1920, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1945, Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France  (Age 24 years)   7. Living + 8. Private ▻ James Francis Loftus ,  m. 26 Jul 1947 + 9. Living + 10. Armand Richard Roy ,   b. 26 Feb 1927, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 2005, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA  (Age 78 years) + 11. Private
  Ancestors
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jean Roy  (9 x Great Grandfather) Françoise Corbineau,   b. Abt 1615, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France ,   d. 1664, Port Royal, Acadia  (Age ~ 49 years)  (10 x Great Grandmother)
  Notes	!ERRATA: Bouchard Genealogy Vol I page 686 indicates birthdate as 14 Oct 1920 and erroneously shows death as 25 Jul 1940. !VETERAN: Leopold is a World War II veteran. Obituary indicates that he drowned while swimming the Moselle River, Epinal, France on 25 Jun 1945 as a member of the 82nd Airborne Div, 325th Glider Infantry. According to Carroll Bouchard Leopold was crossing the Moselle River to become part of the Occupation force in Germany and his boat or canoe capsized.
  Person ID	I1478	Antoine_Roy
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Pierre Paul Roy,   b. 16 May 1888, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 28 Aug 1959, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Catherine Bouchard,   b. 20 Apr 1888, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, Maine, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1979, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1910	Ste Luce, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 14 Oct 1920 - Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA Baptized - 17 Oct 1920 - Ste Luce, Frenchville, Aroostook County, Maine, USA Military Service - World War II, Normandy Campaign, Operation Hackensack - From 7 Jul 1944 to 16 Jul 1944 - Normandy, France Military Service - World War II, 325th Glider Infantry was part of Operation Market Garden. Paul was wounded on 24 Oct 1944 - From 23 Sep 1944 to 14 Nov 1944 - Arnhem, Holland Military Service - World War II, Battle of the Bulge, the 325th dug in around the crossroads and held and decimated 2 German divisions - From 18 Dec 1944 through Jan 1945 - Ardennes Forest Military Service - World War II, drowned swimming Moselle River, Epinal, France as a member of the 82nd Airborne Div, 325th Glider Infantry - 25 Jun 1945 - Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France Died - 25 Jun 1945 - Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France Burial - 26 Jun 1945 - US Military Cemetery, Andilly, France Buried - 1948 - St Agatha Cemetery, St Agatha, Aroostook County, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Newspaper Clips

  Four Generations of Frenchville Roy Family Newspaper clipping of four generations of Sylvio Roy's family was provided by Carroll Deschaines

  
  

  Military Histories

  Photos of gliders Photos of gliders in Glide for Glory

  
  

• Sources

  [S609] Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922. Aroostook > 1920 > R > image 241, [[Funeral card indicates he was buried in Andilly, France. Was his body exhumed and shipped back to the states for a local burial, since he does not show in any of the American Cemeteries in France.]. [S87] Morin, Philip. St Agatha's Cemetery 1889 - 1989. compiled in 1990, page 50, [Leopold might have been originally buried at Andilly, , France]. [S104] Leon Guimond. Mariages de Frenchville, Maine (Sainte-Luce) 1843-1970. page 81. [S393] Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996. [Marriage date shown as August 8, 1910. Bride's and Groom's Town/State are both shown as Fort Kent, Maine.]. [S27] Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Aroostook 1910 R image 31, [occupation of groom shown as clerk, occupation of bride shown as school teacher].