Rank and Name, Fireman First Class James Ruble Attaway.
Unit/Placed in, USS Monaghan (DD-354) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
James is born approx. on 1925 in Mississippi.
Father, Claude L. Attaway.
Mother, Beckie Attaway.
Brother(s), Herbert R. Attaway.
James enlisted the service in Mississippi with service number # 8968259.
James died when the USS Monaghan got foundered in Typhoon Cobra on Dec. 18, 1944 on, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.verduinwebs.com/USS%20Dyson%20DD-572/cobra.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
