Rank and Name, Fireman Third Class George Vernon Rasmusson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Navy.
Vernon is born approx. on 1922 in Minnesota.
Father, Alfred Rasmusson.
Mother, Tilde K. Rasmusson.
Brother(s), Fred and Edvin Rasmusson.
Spouse, Signe Rasmusson.
Vernon enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 3287578.
Vernon was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, 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.
Vernon is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Vernon is also mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ussarizonacasualties.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