Rank and Name, Sergeant Cloudman E. Austin.
Unit/Placed in, 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division “winged Victory”.
Cloudman is born approx. on 8 Aug. 1918 in Livermore Falls, Maine.
Father, Merle W. Austin.
Mother, Georginia (Seeley) Austin.
Brother(s), Ralph E. Austin.
Cloudman enlisted the service in Maine with service number # 20413901.
Cloudman was KIA in the fights with the Japanese over Hill 803 near the Ipo Dam on 8 May, 1945, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Ship Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Cloudman is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, http://www.43rd-infantry-division.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
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
