Armstrong, Marvin Mack

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Marvin Mack Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, USS St. Lo (CVE-63) Carrier, United States Navy.

Marvin is born approx. on Feb. 7, 1925 in Colorado.

Father, George M. Armstrong.

Mother, Minnie M. Armstrong.

Spouse, Rosella M. Armstrong.

Marvin enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 6191407.

Marvin was KIA when the USS St. Lo was attacked by a Kamikaze on Oct. 25, 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.

Marvin is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/063.htm

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635

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