Roy Rhae Kanipe was born on 30 October 1917 at Knoxville, Tennessee
Private First Class
60th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, Headquarters Company
Buried at West View Cemetery, Jefferson County, TN
The Knoxville Journal, 24 May 1949
Roy Ray Kanipe was killed in action in Europe March 15, 1945. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Twila Vesser Kanipe, Jefferson City; sons, Eugene and Charles, at home; daughter, Patricia, at home; mother, Mrs. Zula Kanipe Patterson, Knoxivlle; brothers, Walter V., and William R., Knoxville; sisters, Mrs. Ray Sutherland, Morristown, Miss Clara Jean Kanipe, Knoxville; Mrs. Paul Bowling, Detroit, Mich.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 30 October 1917
- Date of death: 15 March 1945
- County: Jefferson
- Hometown: Jefferson City
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: West View Cemetery, Jefferson County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XII, Bottom Panel
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