Forrest B. Royal

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Forrest Beton Royal
February 10, 1893(1893-02-10) – June 18, 1945 (aged 52)
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Place of death	vicinity of Borneo
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1915–45
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Amphibious Group Six
Battles/wars	Philippines campaign (1944–45)
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal (2)

Forrest Beton Royal, born 10 February 1893 in New York City, was a member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1915. Service in increasingly important posts afloat and ashore prepared him for his role as commander of Amphibious Group 6 in the assaults on Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo during the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. His planning and execution of these important assignments was recognized with the Distinguished Service Medal, and the posthumous (he had died of a heart attack on board his flagship USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) on 18 June 1945) award of a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal.

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In 1946 the destroyer USS Forrest Royal (DD-872) was named after R.Adm. Royal, sponsored by his daughter, Miss Katharine K. Royal.

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[edit] References

• (1946). "Launch 44th Destroyer." New York Times. January 18.
• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.