Armbruster, Francis Harry

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Francis Harry Armbruster.

Unit/Placed in, USS Strong (DD-467) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Francis is born approx. on 1924 in Illinois.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Francis enlisted the service in Florida with service number # 5518272.

Francis was KIA when the USS Strong was torpedoed and Shot by the Japanese Navy, broke in 2 and Sunk at Rice Anchorage on July 5, 1943, 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.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/110668

http://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussstrong/

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/