Armitrage, Bernhard Francis

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Bernhard Francis Armitage.

Unit/Placed in, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Bernhard is born approx. on 1920 in New Jersey.

Father, William A. Armitage.

Mother, Mary E. (Ritchie) Armitrage.

Brother(s), William A. and John J. Armitrage.

Bernhard enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 646451.

Bernhard was KIA when the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/052/04052.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