Quentin
Roosevelt
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth [half], Theodore Roosevelt III, Kermit Roosevelt, Ethel Carow (Roosevelt) Derby and Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
Died
at age 20
in Cambrai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Biography
Quentin Roosevelt is on the
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Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was Killed in Action during World War I.
Quentin Roosevelt was born on 19 November 1897, in Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow. Lt. Quentin Roosevelt served his country in World War I, enlisting on 27 May 1917 in Mineola, New York, in the 1st Reserve Aero Squadron. His unit was sent to France where he learned to fly. He was discharged on 13 Jul 1917 to accept a commission. He accepted a commission as Lieutenant and Pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. He died on 14 July 1918, when his plane was shot down over Chamery, Coulonges-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Picardie, France, at the age of 20. He was buried by the German military at Chamery, a hamlet of Coulonges-en-Tardenois with full military honors. German soldiers placed a crude cross over his grave. In 1955 his remains were exhumed and reinterred at the World War II American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, next to his oldest brother Theodore in Section D, Row 28, Grave 46 of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.[1][2]The original cross placed on Quentin's grave is now on display at the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Quentin's mother, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, later had a stone monument fashioned to cover her son's grave. When Quentin was reinterred at Normandy, the stone from his grave at Chamery was moved to a location of honor on the lawn of the Roosevelt home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt
95th Aero Squadron, The Kicking Mules
Lest We Forget
Lone Sentry and Honor Guard at the Original Grave; Chamery
- July 1918[3]
Sources
- ↑ US National Archives files re Quentin Roosevelt Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, record group 92 https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.parentNaId=6233227&f.level=item&sort=naIdSort%20asc&rows=100
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2686/quentin-roosevelt: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for 1LT Quentin Roosevelt (19 Nov 1897–14 Jul 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 2686, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- ↑ Quentin Roosevelt A Sketch With Letters; Edited by Kermit Roosevelt. Publishers; Charles Scribners & Sons, New York, 1921. Page #177
See Also:
- British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries, , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-W1CW : 26 October 2019), Quentin Roosevelt, Flight Lieutenant, 17 Jul 1918; citing Obituary, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,150.
- Military: "U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
Original data: United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2019
Ancestry Record 61861 #5416002 (accessed 26 April 2024)
Name: Quentin Roosevelt; Record Type: Military Service; Birth Date: 19 Nov 1897; Residence Place: Oyster Bay, N Y; Death Date: 14 Jul 1918. - Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
The Morning Chronicle; Publication Date: 17 Jul 1918; Publication Place: Manhattan, Kansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/422369728/?article=171ab90b-1a4c-4871-b9dd-d96329de3de0&focus=0.31949162,0.44109946,0.45088977,0.60631084&xid=3355
Ancestry Record 61843 #564461157 (accessed 26 April 2024)
Name: Quentin Roosevelt; Gender: Male; Death Age: 21; Birth Date: Nov 1897; Death Date: Abt 1918; Obituary Date: 17 Jul 1918; Obituary Place: Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Newspaper Title: The Morning Chronicle. - Military: "U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949"
American Battle Monuments Commission; Arlington, VA; Cemetery Records
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9170 #78137 (accessed 26 April 2024)
Name: Quentin Roosevelt; Gender: Male; Rank: First Lieutenant; Residence Place: New York; Type of Medal: French Croix de Guerre with Palm. Buried in the World War II cemetery at Normandy next to his brother, Theodore J. Roosevelt.; Military Unit: 95th Aeroplane Squadron, Air Service; Military Branch: U.S. Army Air Corps; War: World War I; Death Date: 14 Jul 1918; Cemetery Plot Number: D; Cemetery Row: 28; Cemetery Section: Grave: 46; Cemetery: Normandy; Burial Place: St Laurent, France; Next of Kin: Archibald B Roosevelt; Next of Kin Relationship: Brother. - Military: "New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919"
Original data: New York State Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919. Adjutant General's Office. Series B0808. New York State Archives, Albany, New York
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3030 #243483 (accessed 26 April 2024)
Name: Quentin Roosevelt; Birth Place: Oyster Bay LI, New York; Birth Date: 19 Nov 1897; Service Start Date: 13 Jul 1917; Service Start Age: 19. - Military: "U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976"
California State Library; Sacramento; Harvard´s Military Record in the World War
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1873 #1116275 (accessed 26 April 2024)
Name: Q Roosevelt; Report Year: 1921; Service State: Massachusetts. - History net.com Aviators - Quentin Roosevelt
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-MRY2 : Sun Mar 10 09:03:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Quentin Roosevelt.
- This day in History July 14, 1918 - Quentin Roosevelt killed
- France Revisited
- National Guard Bureau: https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1564930/presidential-son-quentin-roosevelt-was-a-famous-wwi-casualty/
- National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/people/quentin-roosevelt.htm
- National Museum of the United States Air Force: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197451/lt-quentin-roosevelt/
- Wikipedia contributors, "Quentin Roosevelt," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quentin_Roosevelt&oldid=1218423353 (accessed April 26, 2024).
- United States Census, 1900, , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJX-JT8 : Thu Apr 11 20:07:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Theodore Roosevelt and Edith C Roosevelt, 1900.
- 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York; Roll: T624_995; Page: 19a; Enumeration District: 1135; FHL microfilm: 1375008
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #108195170 (accessed 25 April 2024)
Quentin Roosevelt (12), single son, in household of Theodore Rooswell (51) in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA. Born in District of Columbia.
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