Rank and Name, Chief Machinist’s Mate Raymond Arrigoni.
Unit/Placed in, USS Atlanta (CL-51) Cruiser, United States Navy.
Raymond is born approx. on 13 February, 1907 in Italy.
Father, Guiseppe Arringoni.
Mother, Ermelinda (Pesenti) Arringoni.
Sister(s), Josephine C. Dolores E. Arrogoni.
Brother(s), Attilo J. Andrew and John Arrogini.
Raymond enlisted the service in Montana with service number # 3680964.
Raymond was KIA during the Battle of Guadalcanal, when the ship sunk after a hit by a Torpedo fired by the Japanese Destroyer Akatsuki, and friendly fire , on Nov. 13, 1942, 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.
Raymond is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CL-51.html
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
