Autrey, Howard Maurice

Rank and Name, Private First Class Howard Maurice Autrey.

Unit/Placed in, 2nd Battalion (F-Comp) 1st Marines, United States Marine Corps.

Maurice is born approx. on 1922 in Colorado.

Father, Edgar E. Autrey.

Mother, Pansy P. Autrey.

Sister(s), Elsie Autrey.

Brother(s), Donald Autrey.

Maurice enlisted the service in California with service number # 443161.

Maurice was KIA after the Landing on the Point, on the way to the Airfield, when he was shot on 18 September 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160607.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

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

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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