ROPER-WALTER
WALTER GORDON ROPER
Deceased
08/27/1948
Rate/Rank
CAPT
CAPT
Service Branch
USN 6/1898 - 00/0000
Born
10/18/1875
KINGSTON, GA
CO, USS CYTHERA SP-575
CAPT OF THE YARD, TUTUILA, SAMOA
CO, NAVAL STATION, OLONGAPO, PI
REST CAMP, RECIFE, BRAZIL
NAVY CROSS
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL W/PATROL CLASP
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
Walter Gordon Roper Date of death: 27-Aug-48
Walter Roper graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1898. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Navy Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Walter Gordon Roper, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Cythera, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
Action Date: World War I
Service: Navy
Rank: Commander
Company: Commanding Officer
Division: U.S.S. Cythera
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret