Askay, Hugh Woodrow – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Second Class Hugh Woodrow Askay.

Unit/Placed in, Construction Battalion, United States Naval Reserve.

Hugh is born approx. on 7 Nov. 1914 in Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

Father, Robert Rohdes Askay.

Mother, Hattie Rosali (Beers) Askay.

Sister(s), Hazel Hildora, Iva Eurena, Ida Harriet and Mae Rosalia Askay.

Brother(s), Fred Theodore Glen Leroy Ernest, Blair Addair Joseph Byron, Emmet Merton, Lester Almont and Milo Young Askay.

Spouse, Beulah Lucille (Blaisdell) Askay.

Daughter, Rita Lynn Askay.

Hugh enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 6652884.

Hugh died due to ? he fell overboard from the troopship who brought him to the Construction Battalion on 20 June 1943, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery

Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.

He is also Mentioned at Clark County Veterans War Memorial.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2Y1-PSN

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org