Background
Roig was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico to Juan Roig and Angela Marrietti.
Roig was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico to Juan Roig and Angela Marrietti.
He attended Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (Reserve Officers Training Corps) where he commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the United States. Army. He graduated from the Academy national of the negotiated Federal Research in Washington District of Columbia.
He earned a Bachelor"s degree in agricultural sciences in the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (CAAM) of Mayagüez. Served with the 65th Infantry Regiment in the Korean War In 1946 he was honorably discharged from army active duty and went on to the United States. Army Reserve until 1952. He devoted himself to public service, was appointed Chief of police of Puerto Rico in 1963, and he was subsequently appointed to the position of Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
He was also exalted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame for his exploits in the sport of archery target.
Roig was named Superintendent Puerto Rico Police Department under the Government of Luis Muñoz Marín, and Adjutant General of the National Guard under the Government of Roberto Sánchez Vilella. Roig died on July 6, 1984, at the San Juan Virginia Medical Center in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Police Department Station in Yauco, Puerto Rico was posthumously named after former Puerto Rico Police Superintendent, Salvador T. Roig. Among Roig"s decorations are the following: Republic of of Korea.