Tabb, Raymond Alvin – ww2 Pacific

Name and Rankin, Captain Raymond Alvin Tabb.

Unit/Placed in, 8th Squadron ”Reapers Harvest”, 3rd Attack Group Light.

Raymond was born approx. on 1919 in Oklahoma.

Father, Allen H. Tabb.

Mother, Vesta M. (Boatman) Tabb.

Sister, Geraldine O. Tabb.

Brothers, Closyse C. , Allen L., Kenneth D. and Harlan N. Tabb.

Raymond enlisted the service in Oklahoma with sevice number # O-431570.

Raymond A. Tabb was a Co-Pilot on a B-25 in the 8th Squadron.

Raymond‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,

1st Lt. Harlan Reid Pilot

1st Lt. Raymond A. Tabb Co Pilot

Sgt. Ray E. Smith Navigator/Radio Operator

Cpl. Robert Lemons Gunner

Raymond was KIA on record, he survived the Crash at New Guinea, best guess is he was executed in after being captured by the Japanese, on June 23, 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Raymond is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the Missing.

Thanks to the https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/41-12980.html

http://www.3rdattackgroup.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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

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

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano