Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Carl Archambeau.
Unit/Placed in, USS De Haven (DD-469) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Carl is born approx. on Dec. 14, 1920.
Father, Gilbert Archambeau.
Carl enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 6232107.
Carl was KIA in the Battle of Savo, near Guadalcanal when the USS De Haven was bombed by Japanese Planes and sunk on Feb. 1, 1943, 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.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Cedar Valley Cemetery, Twining, Arenac County, Michigan, USA.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/469.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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
