Leroy Newton

Personal Information

Birthplace: Three Sands, OK

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: Company 'C', 503rd M.P. Bn

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: May 19, 1943

Discharged: Dec 12, 1945

Honored By: Wife, Eve Newton

Biography

Leroy was sent to England on 30 Jan 1944. He then found himself in Normandy in June 1944 with the D-Day invasion forces. He later spent time in northern France, the Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe. Roy met Eve when he was stationed in Germany following WWII. They moved to Abilene, Kansas, where they raised their family while operating a Montgomery Ward franchise store. (Eve and Roy died just one day apart, April 28 and 29, 2014.)