Badley, Kenneth Ralph

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Kenneth Ralph Badley.

Unit/Placed in, SS Jeremiah van Rensselaer (Cargo Ship), United States Navy.

Kenneth is born on 2 December, 1924 in California.

Spouse, Nora Delia Badley.

Kenneth enlisted the service in California with service number # 3936422.

Kenneth Was Kia When The S.S. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Was Torpedoed By The German Uboat 456, In The North Atlantic, The U-456 Fired Three Torpedoes Into The Van Rensselaer’s Port Side And It Sank February 2, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Kenneth is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17312

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

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

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