Price R. Stradley papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0159

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains Stradley’s military records, maps of areas in the Pacific theater, training manuals, and official Navy publications.

Dates

Creation: 1940-1945

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information

Price Roe Stradley (1918-1945) was born on April 12th in Kent County, Maryland, to Victor Howard Stradley, Jr. (1893-1925) and Caroline Roe Stradley (1887-1960). He attended Washington College from 1938 to 1940 when he enlisted in the United States Navy Reserves on June 17, 1940. He became a pilot and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. His plane was shot down in the Pacific and he was reported missing on May 11, 1945, later declared dead. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for a direct hit made on a Japanese aircraft carrier enabling its sinking. He married Dorothea Gilgillan of Delaware, and they had one child together. Dorothea resided in Galena, MD until her death in 2004.