Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Raymond Virgil Ashburn.
Unit/Placed in, USS Quincy (CA-39) Cruiser, United States Navy.
Raymond is born approx. on 7 Nov. 1922 in Gurley, Alabama.
Father, Robert Ashburn.
Mother, Lee O. (Gray) Ashburn.
Sister(s), Annie R. Ashburn.
Brother(s), Robert E. James C. Billie and William H. Ashburn.
Spouse, .
Raymond enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 2725835.
Raymond was KIA during the Battle of Savo when the USS Quincy sunk on Aug. 9, 1942, 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.
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 Huntsville Memory Gardens
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/039/04039.htm
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58500
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
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, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
