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2Lt Leroy L “Roy” Self Jr.
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2Lt Leroy L “Roy” Self Jr. Veteran

Birth
Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, USA
Death
11 Jun 1943 (aged 22)
At Sea
Cenotaph
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): O-732674
Entered the Service from: Alabama
527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Leroy L. Self, Jr. is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Lee County, Alabama.

Crew-member who was shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17F-25-DL Flying Fortress #42-3099. Missing in Action on mission to Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Bill Pinson (POW-picked up by German minesweeper R88); Co-pilot: Reed Lamb, Navigator: Davis Murdock, Bombardier: Leroy Self, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sendzick, Radio Operator: Carrol Lohman, Ball turret gunner: Harry Anderson, Waist gunner: Larus Snydal, Waist gunner: Harry Northey, Tail gunner: Cleon Biddle (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak hits, crashed near Borkum, near Juist Island, North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1368.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): O-732674
Entered the Service from: Alabama
527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Leroy L. Self, Jr. is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Lee County, Alabama.

Crew-member who was shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17F-25-DL Flying Fortress #42-3099. Missing in Action on mission to Wilhelmshafen 11/6/43 with Bill Pinson (POW-picked up by German minesweeper R88); Co-pilot: Reed Lamb, Navigator: Davis Murdock, Bombardier: Leroy Self, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Sendzick, Radio Operator: Carrol Lohman, Ball turret gunner: Harry Anderson, Waist gunner: Larus Snydal, Waist gunner: Harry Northey, Tail gunner: Cleon Biddle (9 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak hits, crashed near Borkum, near Juist Island, North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1368.


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  • Maintained by: Grave Content
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56303719/leroy_l-self: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Leroy L “Roy” Self Jr. (30 May 1921–11 Jun 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56303719, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Grave Content (contributor 48564749).