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Angil, Wilford Roy

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Roy Wilford Anglin.

Unit/Placed in, , USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

 

Roy is born approx. on Jan. 31, 1920 in Kentucky.

Father, James D. Anglin.

Mother, Maud B. Anglin.

Brother(s), Oliver and Rudell H. Anglin.

 

Roy enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 2873876.

 

Roy was KIA when the USS Houston was hit by a torpedo and Sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait on March 1, 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.

 

Roy is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.usshouston.org/crewlist/crewroster.htm

http://www.usshouston.org/

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,

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

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser
Crew
Painting
Wilford Roy Anglin
His rank Signalman Second Class