Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Raymond Earnest Aldrich.

Unit/Placed in, USS Spence (DD-512) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Raymond was born on Oct. 20, 1911 in , Beltrami County, Minnesota.

Father, Marion A. Aldrich.

Mother, Glendolia B. (Sprague) Aldrich.

Sisters, Gertrude M,, Lilaian, Vera, Marian, Loretta and Myrtle Aldrich.

Brothers, Wallace J. and Leroy Aldridch

Wife, Nellie R. Aldrich.

Daughters, Shirley A. and Lorna M. Aldrich.

Sons, Raymond C., Lawrence C. and Douglas L. Aldrich.

Raymond enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 9608945.

Raymond died ch died during the Typhoon that foundered the ship , on Dec. 18, 1944. he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Raymond 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 Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/512.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/