Rank and Name, Lieutenant Junior Grade Marion Lee Asa.
Unit/Placed in, USS Seawolf (SS-197) Submarine, United States Navy.
Marion is born approx. on 6 July, 1919 in Gardner, Illinois.
Father, Archibald L. Asa.
Mother, Evelyn B. (Cobb) Asa.
Sister(s), June E. Asa.
Spouse, Marjorie J. Asa.
Marion enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 0-223978.
Marion died on War Patrol they Sunk Presumably from friendly fire from the Destroyer USS Rowell on 3 Oct. 1944, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, 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.
Marion is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Braceville-Gardner Cemetery, Braceville, Grundy County, Illinois, VS.
Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/asa-m-l.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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
