McIntire, Roger R.

MCINTIRE

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/7/2011 at 12:58:59

McIntire, Roger R. –
Memorial services will be held at St. Patrick’s church, Lenox, next Sunday, August 13 [1944] at 10:00 a.m. for Lt. Roger R. McIntire, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. McIntire of Kent. The American Legion and Auxiliary will attend in a body.

Lt. McIntire was killed on July 20, in France, where he was serving as officer in charge of an armored platoon. He is the first war fatality among the service men from Kent.

He was born in Kent on April 30, 1920, and graduated from the Kent school in 1935. He was graduated with honors from Creston Junior college and won a scholarship to Drake university. After graduating from Drake, where he majored in the school of radio, he accepted a position as announcer for radio station KDKA at Ada, Oklahoma.

He volunteered for service and after serving in the medical corps, was recommended for the armored force officer training school in 1942 and was transferred to Fort Knox, Kentucky, being graduated and commissioned in January, 1943. He was sent overseas last December.

While in school, Roger made a high scholastic record and was active in band, orchestra, glee club and dramatic work.

Besides his parents, Lt. McIntire is survived by his grandfather, Warren Riggs; his grandmother, Mrs. O. W. McIntire; and two uncles, Neil and Lynn McIntire, all of Kent.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 10, 1944