Rank and Name, Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Lewis Edwin Anglin.
Unit/Placed in, USS Suwannee (CVE-27) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Lewis is born approx. on April 8, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Father, Garnie C. Anglin.
Mother, Jessie L. (Clark) Anglin.
Sister(s), Midred V. and Ann M. Anglin.
Brother(s), Garnie C. Leroy and Frank L. Anglin.
Lewis enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 6378464.
Lewis was KIA when the USS Suwannee was attacked by Kamikaze’s at Leyte Gulf, Philippines on Oct. 25, 1944, 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.
Lewis is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/027.htm
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
