Leon Samuel Roudiez

Leon Samuel Roudiez
Personal details
Born	18 November 1917 Bronxville, New York
Died	18 June 2004 Stevensville, Maryland
Nativity	United States
Religion	Catholic
Known for	French literature; Columbia University French department
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Signal Corps
ASN	0453890
Rank	Captain
Rank at Ritchie	First Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 8 (17 May – 16 July 1943)
Section	7A
Specialty	Military intelligence / Counter Intelligence Corps
Unit / division	12th Army Group; Alaska Defense Command
Team	MII 416-G

Teammates

Team — MII 416-G

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Leon Samuel Roudiez (18 November 1917 – 18 June 2004) was a Ritchie Boy (Camp Ritchie class 8) and later professor emeritus of French at Columbia University, where he headed the French department.

Biography

Leon Samuel Roudiez was born on 18 November 1917 in Bronxville, New York, to Colonel Leon S. Roudiez and Lulu Roudiez. After his father retired from the Army, the family lived in Germany and France. Roudiez graduated from Stanislas College in Paris in 1935, earned a law degree from the University of Paris in 1938, and completed an M.A. at Columbia University in 1940.

Roudiez enlisted on 9 December 1940 and served in the Second Corps Area G-2 section and the Counter Intelligence Corps. Commissioned through Signal Corps Officer Candidate School in 1942, he served with the Alaska Defense Command at Fort Richardson, Dutch Harbor, and Attu before instructing at Camp Ritchie (Class 8). In Europe he lectured troops preparing for the invasion of France, served with 12th Army Group in the Normandy and Northern France campaigns, and worked with the Counter Intelligence Corps in liberated Paris. He reverted to inactive status as a captain on 10 January 1946.

After the war Roudiez earned a Ph.D. from Columbia and became a scholar of French literature. He taught at Columbia's graduate faculty until retiring in 1987 as professor emeritus. He died in Stevensville, Maryland, on 18 June 2004.

Research notes

• See RG 498 Box 466
• The father is plain text, not a wiki link, because he shares the soldier's name but is not this profile.

Gallery

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  Leon S. Roudiez portrait, cropped from Islip Town service entry (RB Archive)
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  Leon S. Roudiez entry in Islip Town's World War II Effort (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	87
Class_ASN	4538901
Class_Name	ROUDIEZ, Leon S.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 18 November 1917 — Born in Bronxville, New York.
• 1935 — Graduated from Stanislas College in Paris.
• 1938 — Earned a law degree from the University of Paris.
• 1940 — Earned an M.A. from Columbia University.
• 9 December 1940 — Enlisted and joined the Second Corps Area G-2 section.
• 1942 — Commissioned through Signal Corps Officer Candidate School; assigned to the Alaska Defense Command.
• 1943 — Instructed at Camp Ritchie (Class 8).
• 1943–1945 — Served in London, Normandy, northern France, and Paris with 12th Army Group and the Counter Intelligence Corps.
• 10 January 1946 — Reverted to inactive status as a captain.
• 1987 — Retired from Columbia University as professor emeritus of French.
• 18 June 2004 — Died in Stevensville, Maryland.

Sources

• Leon S. Roudiez entry in Islip Town's World War II Effort (RB Archive)
• Leon S. Roudiez portrait, cropped from Islip Town service entry (RB Archive)
• RB Archive family packet: obituary, BIRLS summary, and burial record for Leon Samuel Roudiez
• RB Archive transcription, Islip Town's World War II Effort, p. 436 — Leon S. Roudiez service entry
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-06 (3 posts)
• Wikipedia: Leon Samuel Roudiez