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Charles H. Roan
In the Claude Cemetery; from Claude, take US 287 about .5 miles
northwest, then take first County Road about 1 mile north to cemetery.
Lat 35.134391
Lon -101.381618
Lat 35.134391
Lon -101.381618
Marker Text:
Charles H. Roan
(Aug. 16, 1923-Sept. 18, 1944)
Winner, Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the
Allied Forces' invasion of Peleliu in the western Pacific, in World War II. On
July 21, 1945, he was decorated posthumously by presentation of his medal to his
mother, Armstrong County Treasurer, Mrs. Lillabel Roan, in Claude. A Navy
destroyer in 1946 was christened with his name. Private Roan's grave is in the
Marine Cemetery, Peleliu Island. Recorded - 1970