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MSG Roy Head
Roy was born on May 10, 1922 in the Grit Hill section of. He was the eldest of 5 sons born to the late Catron & Mary Lawson Head. Roy graduated from Rye Cove High School before joining the United States Navy on December 4, 1942. Mr. Head served in World War II on the USS Pensacola (the Grey Ghost of the Pacific). His rank was Fire Controlman Third Class. He was engaged in seven major battles which included Gilbert Island Operation, Marshall Island Operation, Battle for Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima Operation & Okinawa Operation. Roy Head was discharged from the US Navy on December 16, 1945. Upon returning home he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville to become a dentist. The call of the military was far too great; therefore he left college and enlisted in the United States Army in early 1947. Roy was in the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. MSG Head was stationed with his wife, Ann in Fort Riley, Kansas. Orders came in 1950 to go to Korea where he was captured by the Chinese Communist Army on February 11, 1951 in North Korea. As a prisoner, he and others marched north to Suan Bean Prison Camp where he died.
MSG Roy Head
Roy was born on May 10, 1922 in the Grit Hill section of. He was the eldest of 5 sons born to the late Catron & Mary Lawson Head. Roy graduated from Rye Cove High School before joining the United States Navy on December 4, 1942. Mr. Head served in World War II on the USS Pensacola (the Grey Ghost of the Pacific). His rank was Fire Controlman Third Class. He was engaged in seven major battles which included Gilbert Island Operation, Marshall Island Operation, Battle for Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima Operation & Okinawa Operation. Roy Head was discharged from the US Navy on December 16, 1945. Upon returning home he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville to become a dentist. The call of the military was far too great; therefore he left college and enlisted in the United States Army in early 1947. Roy was in the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. MSG Head was stationed with his wife, Ann in Fort Riley, Kansas. Orders came in 1950 to go to Korea where he was captured by the Chinese Communist Army on February 11, 1951 in North Korea. As a prisoner, he and others marched north to Suan Bean Prison Camp where he died.