 1919 - 1943 (23 years)
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| Name |
James Manley Roden |
| Born |
23 Nov 1919 |
Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Apr 1943 |
Mount Zion, Oklahoma, USA |
| Buried |
Valliant Cemetery, Valliant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States |
| Person ID |
I24335 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
5 Oct 2017 |
| Father |
Fred Roden, b. 10 Feb 1892, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Aug 1964 (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Frances Banning, b. 19 Jul 1897, Arkansas, USA , d. 15 Oct 1968, Paris, Texas, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
30 Jun 1917 |
Valliant, Oklahoma, USA |
| Family ID |
F12063 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | Private James Roden
PVT. James
Roden
1920 - 1943
Co. 1079 Guard Squadron
HG. 1 Dist. AAF. T.T.C.
Greensboro, N.C.
What hopes have
perished with you, my son. |
| Census
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 | 1920 US Census
Wilson Township, McCurtain County, Oklahoma |
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| 1930 US Census
Wilson Township, McCurtain County, Oklahoma |
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| Notes |
- SOLDIER KILLED AT MOUNT ZION PIE SUPPER
Pvt. James Roden, 23, who was stationed at Greenville, N.C., was shot to death Tuesday night at a pie supper at the Mt. Zion commumity building. Bert Miller, 21, Valliant, has been placed under arrest and is being held in the county jail, as a result of the shootong, Clarence Lane, county sheriff, said this morning.
Miller said in an interview Wednesday morning, that the trouble arose, when Roden, who Miller says had been drinking, accused him of bullying a 13 year old boy.
He shot in self defense, he said, only after Roden had pulled out a white handle pocket knife. Investigations proved that three shots were fired with a .32 calibre pistol. One of the shots entered Roden's left cheek and ranged out the back of his head, the second entering his back at the left shoulder and coming out through his right breast and lodging in his shirt. The other shot was a complete miss.
Following the shooting, Miller went to the home of his brother-in-law, Bill Clark, and accompanied by his wife, eluded officers until sunrise, being found in Clark's barn by Ed Richardson, deputy, and Aud Penney, constable.
Roden, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Roden, southeast of Valliant, was home on a furlough and was to have left Wednesday. He had been in the army about six months.
He and Roden had an altercation little more than a year ago in which Roden had slashed his back with a knife, he said.
He added that Roden at that time had threatened his life.
The Broken Bow News
April 29, 1943
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