Person:Forrest Royal (3)

MILITARY: U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006 U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006 Name: Forrest B Royal Service Info.: REAR ADM U S N WW I WW II Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211 Buried At: Section 11 Site 597 S H Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

DEATH: (July 2, 1945)(Died June 18, 1945 on the U.S.S. Rock Mount) Died. Rear Admiral Forrest B. Royal. 52, stocky commander of amphibious op erations in this month's Brunei Bay invasion of northwest Borneo, veteran of Leyte and Luzon, onetime secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff; of coronary thrombosis; at sea.

The Wartime History of the U.S.S. ROCKY MOUNT (AGC-3) Early on the morning of 18 June, Rear Admiral Forrest B. Royal, USN, Commander Amphibious Group Six, was found dead in his cabin. He had died sometime during the midwatch from a heart attack. Memorial services were held that afternoon. The funeral took place two days later at Tacloban. Admiral T.C. Kinkaid, USN, Admiral W.F. Halsey, USN, Vice Admiral R.P. Kauffman, USN, and other senior officers attended the service.

BIOGRAPHY: Forrest Beton Royal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Forrest Beton Royal, born 10 February 1893 in New York City, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1915. Service in increasingly important posts afloat and ashore prepared him for his role as commander of an amphibious group in the assaults on Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo during the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. His planning and execution of these important assignments was recognized with the Distinguished Service Medal, and the posthumous (he had died of a heart attack on board his flagship 18 June 1945) award of a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal. USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) was named after him.

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