Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Raymond Leo Ancefsky.
Unit/Placed in, USS Skill (AM-115) Minesweeper, United States Navy.
Raymond is born approx. on 1926 in Connecticut.
Father, Anthony Anafsky.
Parents born in Poland.
Sister(s), Alice, Josephine, Irene and Florence Anafsky.
Brother(s), Watson, Stanley, Walter and Raymond Anafsky.
Raymond enlisted the service in Connecticut with service number # 2073825.
Raymond was KIA when the ship was hit by an torpedo and Sunk (presumed), on Sep. 25, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Raymond is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02115.htm
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
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/