Armstrong, William Franklin

Rank and Name, Torpedo Man’s Mate Third Class William Franklin Armstrong.

Unit/Placed in, USS Morrison (DD-560) Destroyer, United States Navy.

William is born approx. on 1925 in Texas.

Father, C. B. Armstrong.

Mother, Lula Armstrong.

William enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 8409892.

William was KIA when the USS Morrison was attacked and Hit by a Kamikaze on May 4, 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/560.htm

http://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/

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/