Armstrong, Wesley Allen

Rank and Name, Chief Radioman Wesley Allen Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Wesley is born approx. on Sep. 28, 1905 in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Spouse, Adeline Armstrong.

Wesley enlisted the service in New York with service number # 341497.

Wesley was KIA when the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 1942/died on, 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.

Wesley 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 Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/052/04052.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/