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VT Tony Pearl Roomsburg, from California, was one of the few WACS of WWII to be declared missing in action when her plane disappeared off the coast of Ghana Africa.
Timeline
Birth - 14 Nov 1919
Phoenix, Arizona
Graduation Arizona State Teachers' College - 1942 - Age: 22 years
1939 - 1945 World War II - Age: 24 years
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Army
Gold Star
Company
1202nd Army Air Force Base Unit, WACS
Enlistment - 31 Dec 1943 - Age: 24 years
Los Angeles, California
Private
Award
Purple Heart
World War II Victory Medal
American Campaign Medal
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Army Good Conduct Medal
European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Casualty
The plane is believed to have crashed into the sea near Takordi, Ghana.
Stationed
Des Moines, Iowa
Accra , British West Africa
Death - 30 May 1945 - Age: 26 years
Plane lost over the sea.
Off the Coast of Ghana, Africa
Burial
Remembered on the Tablets of the Missing, an American Battle Monument, North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage Tunisia.
Other Facts
Gender
Female
Place of Residence
Inglewood, California
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Also Known As
Most of her life as Tony until the military where some records show her as Pearl.
Father
James Austin Roomsburg
Full Name
Tony Pearl Roomsburg
Mother
Caroline "Callie" J. McLester Roomsburg
Sibling
only child
