WWII Killed in Action List "R"
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LT George Rasque, CEC, was killed in action at Okinawa on 14 May 1945 while serving with the 44th Naval Construction Regiment. Rasque was going to the aid of men wounded by a Japanese shell on Machinato Airfield, Okinawa when he was hit by another shell as he was debarking from his Jeep causing instantaneous death. Rasque was buried at Okinawa. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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EM2c Clyde Victor Reaves was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 31st Naval Construction Battalion. Reaves was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MM3c George Rivers killed in action when he was hit by flying shrapnel during an enemy bombing raid, 12 February 1944. Rivers was serving with the 109th Naval Construction Battalion on Roi Island, Kwajalein. He was buried on Roi and later reinterred at Edgell Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Framington, MA. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal.. |
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S2c Robert Roach was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Roach was buried at locale of death on Rendova and memorialized at Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM2c Seacil Roberts was killed in action when hit by shrapnel during an enemy bombing raid on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands on 4 March 1944,while serving with the 40th Naval Construction Battalion. Roberts was buried at Los Negros Cemetery and reinterred at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Lemay, Missouri. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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PTR3c Arthur Robinson was killed in action at Tacloban, Philippines on 25 December 1944. He served with Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 512. Buried at USAF Cemetery No. 2, Tacloban, Leyte, and reinterred at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
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LT Francis Clay Robinson was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. Robinson is memorialized on the wall of the missing at Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, and had a tombstone erected in his honor in West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown, West Virginia. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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GM1c William Rogers was killed in action during a bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Rogers was buried at Cemetery #1, Rendova, and reinterred at Riverview Cemetery, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S2c Stacy Romine was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Romine was buried at Rendova and memoialized at Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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F1c Malcolm "Huck '' Rose was killed in action at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945 while serving with the 133th Naval Construction Battalion. Rose was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima and reinterred at Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c John Rosek was killed in action from gunshot wounds received at Munda Airfield, New Georgia on 18 August 1943 while serving with the 73rd Naval Construction Battalion. Rosek was buried at Army, Navy, Marine Cemetery, Guadalcanal and reinterred at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Alfred Rosendale was killed in action during a bombing raid at Rendova on 2 July 1943 while serving with the 24th Naval Construction Battalion. Rosendale was buried at Cemetery #1, Rendova, and reinterred at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Marvin Arnold Rosin was killed in action during an enemy bombing raid at Iwo Jima on 1 June 1945. He served with the 90th Naval Construction Battalion, Rosin was buried at the 4th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and reinterred at National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery, Capitol Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation for the Battle of Iwo Jima, and was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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MoMM3c Joseph Roy was killed in action on 15 December 1944 while aboard LST 472 near Mindoro, Philippines. He was serving with the 113th Naval Construction Battalion and was last seen injured lying on the tank deck. When a rescue party arrived they found the location where Roy was last seen engulfed in flames. His body was not recovered. Roy is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Philippines. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
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S1c Frank Ruffner died from enemy shrapnel wounds at Peleliu on 16 September 1944. He served with the 17th Special Naval Construction Battalion. Ruffner was buried at USAF Cemetery #1, Peleliu and reinterred at Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. |
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CM1c Manuel Russell was killed in action at Anzio, Italy on 6 March 1944 while serving with Construction Battalion Detachment 1040. While on detached duty Russell was working on Green Beach at Anzio beachhead when he was struck by shrapnel in the face and head from a German shell. His remains were buried in Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, was entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. |
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S1c Charles Ryan was killed in action at Luzon, Philippines after stepping on a Japanese booby trap causing it to explode on 3 April 1945. He served with the 115th Naval Construction Battalion. Ryan was buried at US Army Cemetery, Manila and reinterred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, and entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Philippines Defense Ribbon. |
Published: Mon Jul 01 16:43:59 EDT 2024
