Roy Homer Shealy

Graduating Class
1942

Major
Electrical Engineering

Activities at Clemson
Attended Clemson during the 1938-1941 school years.

Hometown
Edgefield, SC

Family
He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Day Shealy of Trenton. He was also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Shealy; and two sisters, Mrs. Brent Lindler and Miss Martha Shealy, all of Carlisle.

Service & Rank
Army Air Force, Second Lieutenant

Unit
820th Bomber Squadron, 41st Bomber Group

Awards/Citations
Purple Heart, Air Medal

Date of Birth
Jan 23, 1922

Date of Death
Feb 12, 1944

Details of Death
Finding of Death (FOD). He was the pilot of a B-25 bomber and was reported missing over the area of Wotje Island, an atoll of the Marshall Islands. (See Missing Aircrew Report)

Burial Details
Memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, HI and at Mount Horeb Lutheran Church Cemetery in Chapin, SC.

Barrow Stone Location
NE

Additional Information

Missing Aircrew Report:

MARC #: 2298 Aircraft Model: B-24; S/N#: 42-64915

Command or AAF/ AF: Group: 41st Bomb; Squadron: 820th Bomb

Date: 12 Feb 1944 Time:

Location of Crash: 1 Mile from beach at Wotje Atoll Marshall Islands in the Pacific

Number of Person Aboard Aircraft- Crew: 6 Passengers: 0 Total: 6

List of Crew (crew positions, name, rank, status)

1^st Lt. Galloway, Robert L.

2^nd Lt. Shealy, Roy H.

2^nd Lt. Knight, Richard H.

S/Sgt. Matthews, Clyde

S/Sgt. Richotte Joseph A.

Sgt. Mayer, Theodore H.

Narrative or eye witness statements

2^nd Lt. Shealy’s aircraft was in a formation of six planes leaving their target. It had smoke and flame coming from its left engine. As it turned slightly left to close up the formation it stalled and knifed into the water in flames from approximately 100ft. The entire crew were declaired dead.

Roy Homer Shealy

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