| Name |
Rickner, Roy Robert |
| Birth |
2 Mar 1919 |
Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
RICK.R005 |
| _FGRAVE |
56360547 |
| Military Service |
World War II, First Lieutenant, 566th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, United States Army Air Forces [1] |
- Constituted as the 566th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 December 1942
Activated on 24 December 1942
Redesignated 566th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 4 January 1944
Inactivated on 13 September 1945
ombardier 1st Lt. Roy R. Rickner KIA
Hometown:
Squadron: 566th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service# O-666080
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt William E. Boone KIA
Target:Munster Marshaling Yards
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 23-Mar-45
Serial Number: 42-95588
Aircraft Model B-24J-1-FO
Aircraft Letter: F+
Aircraft Name: YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Location:
Cause: AA 1 EVD, 8 KIA, 3 POW
Pathfinder Mission
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Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a… |
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Roy Robert Rickner (1919-1945)
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United States Army Air Forces (1941–1947)
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Roy Robert Rickner (1919-1945)
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United States Army Air Forces
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First Lieutenant (1LT) (O-3), United States Army and United States Air Force
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First Lieutenant
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United States Army Officer Rank Insignia
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Military Service Ribbons, Roy Robert Rickner
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray |
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Air Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Air Medal, United States
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
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European Theater of World War II
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566th Strategic Missile Squadron, United States Air Force
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
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| Death |
23 Mar 1945 |
Germany [1] |
| Cause: Killed in Action |
| Burial |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium [2] |
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American Battle Monuments Commission -
More than 200,000 Americans who died in WWI or WWII are honored at an ABMC site |
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Entrance, Ardennes American Cemetery, Liège, Belgium
The approach drive at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium leads to the memorial, a stone structure bearing on its façade a massive American eagle and other sculptures. Within the memorial is the chapel, three large wall maps composed of inlaid marbles, marble panels depicting combat and supply activities and other ornamental… |
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Headstone, Rickner, Roy R.
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| Person ID |
I46657 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Father |
Rickner, Thomas Mackafee, b. 30 Jan 1880, Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas d. 21 Aug 1943, Oilton, Creek County, Oklahoma (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Woods, Cora Lilly, b. 22 Dec 1878, Neosho, Newton County, Missouri d. 5 Nov 1957, Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [3] |
| Family ID |
F8760 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1919 - 1945 (26 years)
