Rank and Name, Private Lillard P. Armstrong.
Unit/Placed in, 1stBn (Comp-A), 26thMar.
Lillard is born approx. on July 4, 1920 in.
Mother, J. P. Armstrong.
Spouse, Pearl (White) Armstrong.
Son, Ronald Armstrong.
Lillard enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 823027.
Lillard died of his wounds (and was buried at Sea) sustained during the fights over Iwo Jima on Feb. 22, 1945, 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.
Lillard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA.
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