Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Bruce Annis.
Unit/Placed in, USS Neosho (AO-23) Fleet Oiler, United States Navy.
Bruce is born approx. on April 14, 1924 in Contra Costa County, California.
Father, Roy A. Annis.
Mother, Helen W. Annis.
Sister(s), Helen Annis.
Brother(s), Robert A. Warren, Harvey, Edward, Sterling and Bruce Annis .
Bruce enlisted the service in California with service number # 3723267.
Bruce was KIA when the USS Neosho was scuttled by the Japanese Planes on May 7, 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.
Bruce is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Bruce is also mentioned at Battle of the Coral Sea Memorial Park,
Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Thanks to, https://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/neosho_photos.htm
https://www.navysite.de/ao/ao23.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
