Name and Rank, Seaman First Class Irvin Lee Faass.
Unit/Placed in, USS Hoel (DD-533) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Irvin was born approx. on Jan. 1, 1925 in Pueblo County, Colorado.
Father, Clarence Faass.
Mother, Esther Faass.
Sisters, Ruth, Joyce, Margret and Marjorie Faass.
Brother, Everett, Harold and Robert Faass.
Irvin entered the service from Colorado with service number # 6191625.
Irvin was KIA when the USS Hoel was heavenly fired upon till she sunk during the Battle of Samar, on Oct 25, 1944, and 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.
Irvin is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the Missing
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/533.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
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
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
