Charles Howard Roan was born August 13, 1923 in Claude, Texas. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on December 12, 1942. He was killed in action on September 18, 1944 on Peleliu Island, Palau while serving with the Second . . . — — Map (db m287523) HM
Winner, Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Allied Forces’ invasion of Peleliu in the western Pacific in World War II. On July 21, 1945, he was decorated posthumously by presentation of his medal to his mother, Armstrong County . . . — — Map (db m62834) HM
Claude native Charles H. Roan volunteered for World War II service in the U.S. Marine Corps in December 1942. On active duty in the Pacific, he was killed in battle on Peleliu Island when he threw himself on a Japanese grenade, thereby saving the . . . — — Map (db m96839) HM
