WWI · Battle Death Record
Quentin Roosevelt
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Quentin Roosevelt
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 95th Aero Squadron
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 14, 1918
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Burial / Memorial
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 28, Grave 46
Their story
A fighter pilot and the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, shot down in aerial combat over France in 1918. In 1955 his remains were moved to Normandy to rest beside his brother, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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