Armstrong, Leroy Floyd

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Leroy Floyd Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, Torpedo Squadron 16 (VT-16), Based on the USS Lexington (CV-16) Carrier United States Navy.

Leroy is born approx. on March 7, 1918.

Father, Samuel E. Armstrong.

Mother, Emma (Siebenmorgan). Armstrong.

Brother(s), Archie E. and Samuel E. Armstrong.

Spouse, Gladys L. Armstrong.

Leroy enlisted the service in Kansas with service number # 0-084332.

Leroy died in a Training accident at the Fiji Islands on Aug. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Courts 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