Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Richard Lee Ammerman.
Unit/Placed in, USS Cooper (DD-695) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Richard is born approx. on Sep. 20, 1925 in Milton, Pennsylvania.
Father, John L. Ammerman.
Mother, Helen Ammerman.
Sister(s), Ardene Ammerman.
Brother(s), .
Spouse, .
Richard enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2496080.
Richard was KIA when the USS Cooper was hit by a Torpedo, broke in 2 and sunk during the Battle of Ormoc Bay on Dec. 3, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal , American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Richard 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/DD-695.html
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/695.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
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
