Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Ray P. Armstrong.
Unit/Placed in, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division “Buckeye”.
Ray is born approx. on no record.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Ray enlisted the service in California with service number # 39242272.
Ray was KIA When they Liberated the Town of Baguio from the Japanese on April 24, 1945, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ray is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
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
