The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-27
Ii. Roy Hackney
|0f Richland Killed

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hackney of
Richland received the sad news
Tuesday, July Is of the death of
their son, 1t. Roy Clarence Hack
ney, Is, which occurred July z,
1914. 1t. Hackney was killed
in action while serving in the 5th
Army Air Force stationed in Italy.
No details were given by the War
Department other than the fact
that the young pilot of a BIZ
Flying Fortress was killed in the
line of his duties.
1t. Hackney was born in Rich
land and graduated from both the
Richland grade and high schools,
later attending the University of
Washington in the school of for
estry. y r.
Prior to entering the army Roy
worked for the City of Seattle
as a patrolman in their Cedar
Falls water shed; was employed
by his sister, Mrs. Homer j. Hixon
on the Snoqualmie Valley Record;
and for a short period Immediately
proceeding his entry into the army
was a craftsman at Boeing Air
craft corporation in Seattle.
1t. Hackney's first assignment
in the army was at Fort Knox,
Kentucky where he was a men,
Der of the first armored tank
division. Later he was sent to Ft.
Lewis where he was a tank COM
~ x,rla,- ov.I ;v,c&r,o<0r. -, tho ,ryyo
ored division started there. After
serving in that capacity for over
year and half he transferred
to the air corps, in which branch
of the service he was much inter-
ested and his ambition to become
pilot of bomber was realized
when he graduated frbm the, Army
Advanced Flying Schbol for pilots
at Douglas, Arizona, 1nly %, 1913.
The next ten montht was spent
in special training II high alti-
tude bombing in sfh33Dls in Ten
nessee, Louisiana and Florida.
He left for overseas duty May
5, 1914. He spent 10 days in
Bermuda, arrived in Africa a
couple weeks later and was sta
toned there until transferred to
Italy. Word from him was re-
ceived by his mother and sister
in Bellingham July telling Of
his experiences in Italy. In these
letters, written June %, he stated
he had participated in some very
important missions since arriving
in Italy but was unable to elabor-
ate on them.
During the three years that 1t.
Hackney spent in the army he
made an outstanding record both
in the armored division and in
the air force. His greatest ambi-
ton was to get overseas and into
the thick of the fighting so that
he could do his bit for his country,
and it seems shame that the
young pilot was allowed such a
short time on the battle front
before he met his untimely death.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A..
Hackney, are pioneer farmers of
the Richland district where they
raised nine children, each one
given some special education fol-
lowing their graduation from the
Richland high school to fit them
for their life's work. It, was not
until last year when their prop
erty was taken over by the gov
eminent for the Hanford- Richland
plant that the Hackneys retired
from farming and at that time Mr..
Hackney accepted a position with
the DUPONT company as steam
engineer on their works at Rich
land, thinking he could help the
war effort by so doing.
1t. Hackney is survived by four
brothers: Albert of Richland;
Clayton of Kennewick; Stanley of
Richmond, Calf, and Richard who
is also in the air force stationed
at Armarilla, Texas, and plans
to 60 overseas shortly; four Sis
tiers, Gertrude, Mrs. Ed. Fraser,
and Mrs. Gerald Hagen of Seattle
and Mrs. Homer Hixon of Bell
ingham, besides his parents at
the family home.