Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Clarence Ray Anthony.
Unit/Placed in, USS Lamson (DD-367) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Clarence is born approx. on Dec. 1, 1921 in Withrow, Washington.
Father, John W. Anthony.
Mother, Louella (Spillman) Anthony.
Sister(s), Elsie P. Ina P. and Laura G. Anthony.
Brother(s), Alpha L. Truman R. and John W. Anthony.
Clarence enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 6654357.
Clarence was KIA when the USS Lamson was hit by a third attacked from a kamikaze on Dec. 7, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Clarence is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/367.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
