Angell, Richard Thorne

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Richard Thorne Angell.

Unit/Placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Richard is born approx. on March 28, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois.

Father, Frederick A. Angell.

Mother, Elizabeth (Heister) Angell.

Sister(s), Katherine H. Angell.

Brother(s), Robert B. Angell.

Spouse, Katharine H. (Kielty) Angell.

Daughter, Elizabet Angell.

Richard enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 0-128174.

Richard was KIA when the USS Franklin was bombed by a Japanese Air Plane on March 19, 1945, 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.

Richard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://ussfranklin.org/

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