Quentin Roosevelt
| Quentin Roosevelt | |
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Lt. Quentin Roosevelt in the 95th Aero Squadron, WWI in France.
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| Born |
November 19, 1897 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | July 14, 1918 (aged 20) Chamery, Marne, France |
| Buried at | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, U.S. Concession Territory, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | 95th Aero Squadron |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Croix De Guerre with palm |
Quentin Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Family and friends agreed that Quentin had many of his father's positive qualities and few of the negative ones. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot during World War I. Extremely popular with his fellow pilots and known for being daring, he was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day (July 14), 1918.
Quentin was the youngest child of Theodore Roosevelt's household, which included half-sister Alice, sister Ethel, and brothers Ted (Theodore III), Kermit, and Archie.
Quentin was only four years old when his father became president, and he grew up in the White House. By far the favorite of all of President Roosevelt's children, Quentin was also the most rambunctious.
Quentin's behavior prompted his mother, Edith, to label him a "fine bad little boy." Amongst Quentin's many adventures with the "White House Gang" (a name assigned by T.R. to Quentin and his friends), Quentin carved a baseball diamond on the White House lawn without permission, defaced official presidential portraits in the White House with spitballs, threw snowballs from the White House's roof at unsuspecting Secret Service guards, and occasionally rode on top of the family elevator with his friend, Charlie Taft. Charlie, the son of Secretary of War and future President William Howard Taft, was also part of the White House Gang.
He quickly became known for his humorous and sometimes philosophical remarks. To a reporter trying to trap the boy into giving information about his father, Quentin admitted, "I see him occasionally, but I know nothing of his family life." The family soon learned to keep him quiet during dinner when important guests were present.
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