Roy Muncaster 

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6th Battalion, 20th Engineers, Co. D  (16th Co.)

   Muncaster is the only American Soldier casualty of the Tuscania who’s buried remains still rest on the Isle of Islay.

 

University of Washington   1918                 <click here>

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Muncaster, Roy - Denver, Colorado

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6th Bn., 20th Engineers, Co. D

Army Serial Number:

Inducted: 1917 Washington State (age 25)

Army Discharge: Eternal Watch

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

   Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

   Address: Rico, Dolores County, CO (1900)

   Address: 625 East Colfax Ave., Denver, CO (1910)

   Address: 4503  17th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 (1917)

   University of Washington Graduate; Degree in Forestry

   Member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Sigma Tau Chapter

   University of Washington ROTC Cadet, Rank Private (6 months)

   Forest Ranger for Quinault District, Olympic National Forest

   Features: Tall, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair

Fathers Name: William J. Muncaster

   (b. Oct. 18, 1853 England)   (d. 1905 Rico, CO)

Mothers Name: Elizabeth Muncaster

  (b. March 11, 1853 England) (d. Colorado)

  Address: 1460 Corona Ave., Denver, Colorado (1918)

Brothers: John, William, James Muncaster

Sisters: Elizabeth, Edith, and Ethyl Muncaster

Civilian Occupation: Dist. Forest Ranger, Quinault WA

  Named in his memory: Muncaster Mountain, Quinault WA,

Born: March 14, 1892 Rico, Colorado

Died: Feb. 5, 1918 KIA, Coast of Scotland

Cemetery: Kilnaughton Military Cemetery, Islay, Scotland

Internment: Feb. 8, 1918

Plot: Grave 93           Row 4

 

 

   

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