Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Raymond Ford Adkins.

Unit/placed on, USS Intrepid (CV-11) Carrier, United States Navy.

Raymond was born  on March 11, 1925 in Missisippi.

Father, Jamie L. Adkins.

Mother, Jonnie O. (Sommers) Adkins.

Sisters, Elaine Adkins.  

Brother, Howard S., Jimmie, Johnnie and Captola Adkins.

Raymond entered  the service from Missisippi with service-number # 8436495.

Raymond was KIA  when the USS Intrepid was struck by an torpedo during Operation Hailstone, on Feb. 16, 1944, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/11.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/