Leroy R Waterman

WATERMAN, LEROY R    LT COL US AIR FORCE  WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/20/1919  DATE OF DEATH: 07/07/2008
BURIED AT:  WASHINGTON CITY CEMETERY  16TH ROAD WASHINGTON, KS 66968 

1st Mission;  Tuesday, 21 December 1943

445th BS Mission Summary: (Ops Order 174/mission 173) Group Mission # 175:  A/C No.   42-64529

 

Vallery, Dean B., F/O

Waterman, LeRoy R., 2Lt

None Anderson, Melvin A., 2Lt Jones, Robert C., Pvt Maddox, Richard L., S/Sgt Irvin, Ralph D., Sgt

 

 

 

 

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 17064364    NAME; WATERMAN LEROY R    PLACE OF ENLISTMENT; KANSAS CITY KANSAS    DATE OF ENLISTMENT 07-04-1942    BRANCH: Army Air Corps   NATIVITY; KANSAS
YEAR OF BIRTH 1919    RACE AND CITIZENSHIP; White, citizen    EDUCATION; 4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION; Advertising agents    MARITAL STATUS; Married

321st Bomb Group Historical Research Team - John T Fitzgerald (446th BS),  Patti Johnson (446th BS)  and Historian Barbi Ennis Connolly (447th BS) PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com

LeRoy's LIFE;  

Birth; Feb. 20, 1919   Palmer   Washington County   Kansas, USA Death: Jul. 7, 2008   Manhattan,  Riley County   Kansas, USA

  Son of John Henry and Wave (Dabner) Waterman, grew up in Washington County, KS. Roy had three ambitions, marry his school sweetheart, fly an airplane and live in Hawaii. Married Velma Irene Odger's, his high school sweetheart, June 30,1940, they were together 60 yrs, she died April 4, 1999. His second goal in 1942 when he began flight training in San Antonio as an Army Aviation Cadet, completed training in 1943 and was assigned to the 12 Air Force, Mediterranian Theatre of Operations in Italy. He was then selected regular commission in newly established US Air Force and was engaged in pilot training until being assigned to Kansas Ste University to complete a degree in Business Administration. Roy realized his third dream 1954, when he was assigned to Hawaii as Commander of Bellows Air Force Base. Surviving family members include 18 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and four children include Charity Bushey (husband Max) of Parker, Colo.; Fred Waterman (Majorie) of San Antonio, TX; Charles Francis Waterman of Kaysville, UT; and John Waterman (Pamela) Mesa, AZ. Roys first priority was his family, he was a dedicated husband and father, he had a creative mind, inquisitive, was accomplished woodworker, amateur radio operator and general tinkerer He was a man of letters, a man of character and he grew great beefsteak tomatoes. He retired in 1970 and moved to Manhatten, KS with is family.

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