Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Almon Lee Armbrust.
Unit/Placed in, USS Spence (DD-512) Destroyer, United States Navy.
Almon is born approx. on Feb.4, 1926 in Boy River, Minnesota.
Father, Edwin L. Armbrust.
Mother, Margaret F. Armbrust.
Brother(s), Lloyd W. Armbrust.
Almon enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 9609246.
Almon died when the USS Spence sunk in the Typhoon Cobra, Philippine Sea on Dec 18, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Almon is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussspence/
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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
