Passmore,Anne Elisabeth

Name and Rank, Corporal Anne Elisabeth Passmore.

Unit/Placed in, 110 AAF Base Unit, Women’s Army Corps, Radio Technician.

Women’s Army Corps (WAC)

U.S. Army unit created during World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions. Never before had women, with the exception of nurses, served within the ranks of the U.S. Army. With the establishment of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), more than 150,000 did so.

Anne was born approx. on 1919 in Westwood, New Jersey.

Father, Charles A. Passmore.

Mother, Isabella S.(Thomas) Passmore.

Brother, William C. Passmore.

Anne entered the service from New Jersey with service number # no record.

Anne E. Passmore was a Radio technician in the Women Army Corps.

Anne died in a plane crash on Mitchel Field, New York on Sep. 25, 1944 and she is honored with Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Woman Army Corps Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

And she is buried at Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

Thanks to

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

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

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com