Archibald, Edmund Wayne

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Edmund Wayne Archibald.

Unit/Placed in, USS Lexington (CV-2) Carrier, United States Navy.

Archibald is born approx. on March 8, 1924 in Ogden, Utah.

Father, Edmund P. Archibald.

Mother, Elsie B. (Bullough) Archibald.

Sister(s), Marguerite Archibald.

Edmund enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 3686888.

Edmund was KIA When the USS Lexington was sunk during the Battle of Coral Sea on May 8, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

He is also mentioned at Battle of the Coral Sea Memorial Park, Cardwell, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

He has also a Memorial Grave at Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/02.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