Handley, James Leon

UNKNOWN - 1945

• Name	Handley, James Leon
  Birth	UNKNOWN
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HAND.J004
  _FGRAVE	56770384
  Military Service	World War II, Soundman Third Class, United States Navy  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Soundman 3rd Class, killed in action on August 10, 1945 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Of Operations. Awarded The Purple Heart Medal and entitled to The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, The Philippine Liberation Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal. Memorialized at Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines. Honored also at the WWII Memorial at Flora Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903029
  		World War II Honoree, Handley, James Leon (?-1945)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Military Service Ribbons, Handley, James Leon (Unk-1945) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	10 Aug 1945
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines   [1]
  	Listed on the Walls of the Missing
  		Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		Memorial, Tablets of the Missing, Handley, James L.
  Person ID	I42995	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	24 May 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S13336] https://www.findagrave.com, Tablets of the Missing, Handley, James L., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56770384/james-l-handley), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14913] World War II Honoree, James Leon Handley, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903029) (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14914] http://www.wwiimemorial.com, National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files, Soundman 3c James Leon Handley, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque_wardept.aspx?honoreeID=1036854) (Reliability: 2).