Flight Officer Frank Clifford Roe

1921 - 1944  (23 years)

• Name	Frank Clifford Roe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Flight Officer
  Birth	22 Sep 1921	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1942	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	Abt 1943  [3, 4, 5]
  	US Army Air Force, Flight Officer on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117), 852nd Bomber Squadron, 491st Bomber Group, 8th Air Force
  		Plane - B-24J Consolidated B-24J Liberator
  Probate	13 Jul 1944	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  Death	26 Nov 1944	Flugzeugabsturz, Germany   [3, 4, 6, 7]
  	Cause: Killed in Action - World War II
  	Shot down over Germany
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA   [3, 6]
  		Burial-ROE Frank Jr FO Frank Clifford Roe Jr - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15009590/
  		Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington, Virginia Find a Grave: #49269 Plot: National Cemetery
  Person ID	I29304	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Rebekah Sue Smith,   b. 28 Sep 1922, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Dec 1996 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1941	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 8]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F13044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Sep 1921 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 15 Mar 1941 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Probate - 13 Jul 1944 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Military Grave Marker - Army Air Corps US Army Air Corps Grave Marker

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-ROE Frank Jr FO Frank Clifford Roe Jr - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15009590/

  
  

  People

  Plane - B-24J Consolidated B-24J Liberator

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN ; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 250. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 250 [S154] Ancestry.com, U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;). U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [S3439] Ancestry.com, Free Access: Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;), Arolsen Archives, Digital Archive; Bad Arolsen, Germany; List of Persecutees 2.1.2.1. Free Access: Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947 Arolsen Archives, Digital Archive; Bad Arolsen, Germany; List of Persecutees 2.1.2.1 [S1558] Ancestry.com, U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [S10503] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - World War II), ROE Frank Clifford Jr - Flight Officer US Army Air Corps - 1921-1944 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION). Frank served as a Flight Officer on B-24J "Hare Power" (#44-40117), 852nd Bomber Squadron, 491st Bomber Group, 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Frank was "Killed In Action" with the rest of his crew during the war when his plane was shot down over Germany and he was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15009590/frank-clifford-roe Burial-ROE Frank Jr FO Frank Clifford Roe Jr - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15009590/ [S710] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2015;), Will and Inventory Records, 1796-1959; Author: Tennessee County Court (Robertson County); Probate Place: Robertson, Tennessee. Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 Will and Inventory Records, 1796-1959; Author: Tennessee County Court (Robertson County) [S6502] Find a Grave: SMITH Rebecca Roe 1920-1996, Rebecca Sue Smith Roe. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109973141/rebecca_sue_roe