Anglin, Rudell Houston

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Rudell Houston Anglin.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Rudell is born approx. on Aug. 9, 1916 in Kentucky.

Father, James D. Anglin.

Mother, Maud B. Anglin.

Brother(s), Oliver and Wilford R. Anglin.

Rudell enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 2873876.

Rudell was KIA when the USS Houston was hit by a torpedo and Sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.usshouston.org/crewlist/crewroster.htm

http://www.usshouston.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/