WWI

Julien Bostwick Roddenbery, Sr.

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
October 31 1892

Date of Death
May 28 1990

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
March 23 1918 - March 31 1919

Conflicts & Campaigns

No Overseas Service

Significant Duty Stations

Quartermaster, Mechanic Repair Shop, March 23, 1918 to March 31, 1919

Notes

Inducted; Cairo, Georgia. US Army service number 79-533-2. Home address; 602 North Broad Street, Cairo, Georgia (1940). Community Service Award. Man of the year 1958 and 1982. Graduate of Mercer University Class of 1913. 1971 inducted in Mercer University Sports Hall of Fame (baseball) (nickname - Stick). Director of W. B. Roddenbery Co. Major motivator in the Roddenbery family decision to make the public library and Cairo High School music building gifts. Donated property for Cairo Country Club and golf course. Donated site for Grady County Baptist Association Center. Father of LtJg Julien Bostwick Roddenbery, Jr. US Navy. Charter Member of American Legion Post 122 Grady County. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.