Roy Elvin Gettle
Military
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UPL 49006
TSGT Roy Elvin Gettle
Engineering Crew Chief
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
Engineering Crew Chief
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lebanon, PA | 13 May 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 10 November 1942 | |
Other 416th BG Overseas Tour |
Wethersfield Airfield, UK | 18 January 1944 - 22 August 1945 | Began his tour at Wethersfield and moved to Melun, France in Oct 1944 and then Laon/Athies, France in February 1945 |
Died |
Lebanon, PA | 15 January 2001 | Roy E. Gettle, 83, Lebanon, died of natural causes Thursday, March 15, 2001, in ManorCare Health Services, Lebanon. He was the husband of Verna M. Blouch Gettle, to whom he was married 58 years in November. Born May 13, 1917, in Lebanon, he was a son of the late Paul and Maude Smith Gettle. He was a retired production supervisor at the former Olmsted Air Force Base in Middletown and had been a salesman at Sears in Lebanon. He was a member of United Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd in Lebanon, Lebanon VFW, American Legion, Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks Lodge 631 and the Izaak Walton League. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in England and France. |
Buried |
Annville, PA | 18 January 2001 | Grand View Memorial Park Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Lebanon, PA |