Rank and Name, Fire Controlman First Class Homer Anthony.
Unit/Placed in, USS Tang SS-306 (Submarine), United States Navy.
Homer is born approx. on April 6, 1923 in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Father, N. Anthony Anthony.
Mother, Noula Anthony.
Parents born in Greece.
Brother(s), Socrates Anthony.
Homer enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2448161.
Homer died by (probably) a circular run of their own Torpedo on Oct. 25, 1944, 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.
Homer is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
