Patrick Howard Roy was born on 6 March 1981 in Washington, D.C., to Michael Roy and Kathy Brown. He graduated from Storm King High School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, in 1999, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 28 July 1999.

After completing Basic Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, on 5 October 1999, Roy was a student at Surface Warfare Engineering School, also at Great Lakes, completing training on 28 October 1999. He reported to USS Cole (DDG-67) on 16 November 1999. He advanced to Fireman Apprentice on 16 May 2000.

Roy was killed in the line of duty when a terrorist bomb was detonated along the port side of the ship while it was refueling in Aden, Yemen, on 12 October 2000.

Fireman Apprentice Roy was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, and the rank of Fireman.

Sources: USS Cole (DDG-67) Med Cruise 2000 (August 8–November 3, 2000) Cruise Book in the collection of the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Navy Department Library. Awards and citations are sourced from the service member’s official military personnel file and listed in the Navy Department Awards Web Service site and may not be complete.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/uss-cole/cole-in-memoriam.html#roy

ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY

My mother was friends with Patrick roy in high school and knew him and his father. he was buried in the civil war cemetery in sharpsburg at the request of his father 

Roy Howard Patrick grew up 15 minutes from me when he was tragically killed during the attack on the USS Cole it devastated the town. He is buried in Antietam Cemetery and you can always see coins and American Flags on his tombstone Rip Patrick

PATRICK HOWARD ROY

Service

FN

Resting Place

ANTIETAM NATIONAL CEMETERY

Mementos

Tributes

Word Cloud

undefined

Milestones

Mementos

Historical Documents

Veteran programs and services

More VA resources

Get VA updates

In crisis? Get help now

Contact us