Woodbury County

 
Roy E. Crowder


IN UNIFORM

Roy E. Crowder, 517 38th Street, commander, medical corps, is serving aboard the U.S.S. Sumter, which was used to land troops for the occupation of Japan.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, October 26, 1945

Roy Elwin Crowder was born Oct. 14, 1896 Roy Elwin and Jennie Engebretson Crowder. He died Dec. 8, 1968 and is buried in El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA.

Capt. Crowder served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Source: ancestry.com