Rank and Name, Technician Fifth Grade Ormond J. Auten.
Unit/Placed in, 222nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion.
During 1944 the 222nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion was in Aitape (Papua), New Guinea.
Ormond is born approx. on 4 June 1922 in Michigan.
Father, Ralph J. Auten Sr..
Mother, Grace A. (Brandt) Auten.
Sister(s), B.E. , Marvel, Beatrice R. and Shirley S. Auten.
Brother(s), Ralph J. Jr and Oscar W. Auten.
Ormond enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 36543299.
Ormond died on in an work related accident on Aitape, Papua on 25 Dec. 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Ormond is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/tadji/index.html
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
