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Aycrigg II, William Anderson

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant William Anderson Aycrigg II.

Unit/Placed in, Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422), United States Marine Corps.

 

William is born approx. on 22 Aug. 1919 in Darien, Connecticut.

Father, Edward Aycrigg.

Mother, Janet Aycrigg.

Sister(s), Jane Aycrigg.

Brother(s), Richard Aycrigg.

Spouse, Mary Caroline (Bluhm) Aycrigg.

 

William enlisted the service in Connecticut with service number # 0-024020.

 

William died (accidental) when he had to ditched his plane due to bad weather on 25 Jan. 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.

 

is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

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

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to,

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422)
Voight F4U-Cosair
Hawkins Field, Tarawa
William A. Aycrigg II
His rank First Lieutenat
Pilots VMF-422
Naval Aviator Badge