Rank and Name, Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class Floyd Ray Ames.
Unit/Placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Floyd is born approx. on July 30, 1923 in Sheridan, Missouri.
Father, Floyd L. Ames.
Floyd enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 8656589.
Floyd was KIA when the USS Franklin was bombed by a Japanese Air Plane on March 19, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal Navy, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Floyd is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://ussfranklin.org/
https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/13.htm
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
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
