Winston Roche

Winston M. Roche was a WWI Veteran and a former Los Angeles city engineer. He joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and was involved in the battles of Aisne-Marne, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and Argonne forest as a combat engineer. In 1918 he left the military and returned home with the rank of second lieutenant. He obtained an engineering degree from UC Berkeley and later worked as a civil engineer for the City of Los Angeles. After his retirement in 1968 he served on the governor's Board on Aging where he lectured high school and college students about his war time experiences. He was also involved in many veteran and volunteer groups. Roche received the Croix de Guerre, the Purple Heart, and multiple campaign medals for his involvement in WWI. Roche passed away in 1994 at the age of 95.