Rank and Name, Sergeant Warren D. Rasmussen.
Unit/Placed in, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment.
Warren is born approx. on 1920 in California.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Warren enlisted the service in California with service number # 20920790.
Warren was KIA on the way back from a Sigtseeing Tour, when Japanese Plane’s attacking Pearl Harbor shot his plane on 7 Dec. 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Warren is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
Rasmussen was reported missing and ultimately declared dead on December 7, 1941. Recorded circumstances attributed to: “Killed in action, missing in action”. Incident location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
He was was one of three men shot down by Japanese planes over John Rodgers Airport while flying in Piper Cub aircraft on a sight-seeing tour when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurre
