Background
Upthegrove, Fay Roscoe was born on January 28, 1905 in Portuguese Allegany, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank Ellis and Cora Jane Upthegrove.
Upthegrove, Fay Roscoe was born on January 28, 1905 in Portuguese Allegany, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank Ellis and Cora Jane Upthegrove.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1927. Graduate Air Corps Primary Flying School, 1928, Advanced Flying School, 1928, Tactical School, 1939.
Commissioned 3d Lieutenant, United States Army, 1927, advancing through the grades to brigadier general, 1944. Served at domestic stations in the United States and in Hawaii. Rated command pilot, aerial navigator, senior aircraft observer.
Married Marcella Gretchen Driscoll, September 6, 1930. Children: Sophie-Lou, Mary Jane.