Rank and Name, Private First Class Clarence Kenneth Ary.
Unit/Placed in, Second Tank Battalion, 2nd Marines (Comp C. Tank Driver), United States Marine Corps.
Clarence is born approx. on 30 April, 1920 in Del Norte, Colorado.
Father, Clarence S. Ary.
Mother, Lorena M. (Marriott) Ary.
Sister(s), Edith K. and Florence M. Ary.
Brother(s), Sylvester R. Ary.
Clarence enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 337806.
Clarence was KIA in the Tank battle while serving as a scout company on Eita Island against the Japanese on Tarawa on 23 November 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.
Clarence is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Del Norte Cemetery, Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003120-00/sec7.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
