William Marshall Roark (October 23, 1938, Sioux City, Iowa – April 7, 1965) was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956, he graduated and was commissioned ensign on June 8, 1960 and advanced to the rank of lieutenant, June 1, 1964.
He attended the naval flight school at Pensacola, Florida, and Corpus Christi, Texas, and subsequently reported for duty in Attack Squadron 153 on board Coral Sea (CVA-43). Lieutenant Roark was killed in action April 7, 1965 while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam.
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The United States Navy ship Roark (FF-1053) is named in his honor.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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William Marshall
William Marshall, William Marshal or Bill Marshall may refer to:
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William Marshall (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Raine Marshall GCMG KCB KCSI (1865–1939) was a British Army officer who in November 1917 succeeded Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (upon the latter's death from cholera) as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Mesopotamia. He kept that position until the end of the First World War.
Military career
Marshall was born at Stranton, near Hartlepool, co. Durham, on 29 October 1865, the younger son of William Marshall, solicitor, of Foggy Furs, Stranton, and his wife, Elizabeth Raine. He first went to Repton School and then Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received a commission into the Sherwood Foresters in 1886, after which he served on the Malakand expedition, on the North West Frontier and on the Tirah expedition before fighting in the Second Boer War.
Commander Officer of 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters on the Western Front during 1914-15, Marshall was then posted to command 87th brigade of 29th Division in the ill-fated expedition to Gallipoli, during which he received a promotion to Major-General in June 1915.
William Marshall (bandleader)
William Marshall (October 2, 1917 – June 8, 1994) was an American singer, bandleader and a motion picture actor, director and producer.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he became a vocalist for Fred Waring and his band, the "Pennsylvanians," before forming his own band in 1937. In 1940, he went to Hollywood to act in films.
Some of the movies Marshall appeared in included Calendar Girl, That Brennan Girl, Belle of the Yukon, Knute Rockne, All American and the 1945 version of State Fair.
He was married three times, each time to an actress:
William Marshall died in France in June 1994.
