OBIT: Charles David ROAN, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  LT. COL. CHARLES DAVID ROAN
  
  Lt. Col. Charles David Roan passed away on June 11, 2004, Fort Benning,
  Ga., after a brief illness.  He was married to the former Dawn Marie Bush,
  daughter of Donna and Thomas Fridy, Somerset.  He is survived by his loving
  wife and his children Jennifer and David.  Roan was a Distinguished Military
  Graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, earning a Bachelor of Science
  Degree in Industrial Management in 1981.  He was subsequently commissioned a
  Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery, and assigned to Camp Stanley Korea
  where he served as both a Fire Support Team Chief and a Battery Fire
  Direction Officer with the 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery and 2nd
  Infantry Division.  After re-deploying from Korea in 1982, LTC Roan was
  assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division where he served as Battery Executive
  Officer, Battalion S4, and Battalion Assistant S3 all with the 1st Battalion
  319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.  During this assignment, LTC Roan
  deployed to Grenada as part of Operation Urgent Fury.  In 1997, he was
  assigned to the 4th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery in Garlstedt, Germany
  where he served as Battalion S4, Battalion Fire Support Officer and
  subsequently as Commander of B Battery, 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery.
  After battery command, LTC Roan was assigned to the Joint Readiness Training
  Center where he served as a Fire Support Observer Controller for three
  years.  In 1994, LTC Roan moved to the Pentagon where he served as an
  Operations Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Plans
  (DCSOPS), Headquarters U.S. Army.  In 1996 after graduation of the Command
  and General Staff College, LTC Roan was again assigned to Fort Bragg, where
  he served as the G3 of the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery and as the S3 of
  the 18th Field Artillery Brigade (Airborne).  In 1997, LTC Roan moved to 1st
  Battalion 321st Field Artillery where he served as the Battalion Executive
  Officer.  In 1998, he was assigned to Warner Robbins Air Force Base where he
  was a Deputy Mission Crew Commander on JSTARS where he deployed to Kosovo.
  LTC Roan also served at Fort Benning in the U.S. Army Infantry School and
  Center since 2000.  He then served as the Chief of Training and Doctrine and
  the Chief of Operations with Directorate of Training/G3, and most recently
  as the Chief of Battle Command in the Soldier Battle Lab.  Roan's military
  schooling includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses,
  the Combined Arms Service Staff School and the Command and General Staff
  College. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the
  Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), the Army Commendation Medal (4
  awards), the Army Achievement Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces
  Expeditionary Medal, the Kosovo Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism
  Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Master Parachutist
  Badge.  Interment will be Aug. 12, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery at 9
  a.m.
  
  07/23/2004  Daily American