Rank
Class Of
ROTC Field Artillery Instructor
Branch
MIA/KIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
May 24, 1894
Died
Aug. 25, 1944
Awards
Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Buried
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France (Plot G, Row 4, Grave 1)
Image
Biography
Lt. Col. Roxbury was an ROTC field artillery instructor at Oregon State university, who transitioned into combat. On 2 Dec 1941 Roxbury was medically discharged from the army. On 8 Dec 1941 he "talked his way back into the army." Roxbury was killed of wounds received while deployed to France on 24 Aug 1944.
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