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Garcia, Claude Ralph

Rank and Name, Shipfitter Second Class Claude Ralph Garcia.

Unit/Placed in, USS West Virginia (BB-48) Battleship.

Claude is born on 27 April 1916.

Claude enlisted the service in California with service number # 3809522.

Claude was KIA when the ship was Moored in harbor and was Badly damaged by torpedoes, in the attack on 7/12, the ship sank in the shallow water on 7 Dec. 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Claude is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

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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/

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Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

USS West Virginia (BB-448) Battleship
USS West Virginia (BB-48) afire immediately after the Japanese air attack. USS Tennessee (BB-43) is on the sunken battleship's opposite
Mitsubishi G4M Torpedobomber
Casualty List
His rank Shipfitter
Memorial
USS West Virginia (BB-48) Gunners take aim at Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In this view, two 40-millimeter Bofors gun tubs are controlled by the Mark 51 fire director in the lower center. There is also a 20mm Oerlikon cannon between the two Bofors. Below the Bofors gun tubs are the 5-inch (127-millimeter) dual mounted turrets. These guns could be used against surface targets, shipping, or aircraft.