Palmer, Ray

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: PALM.R002

Family/Spouse: Sullens, Anna Mae. Anna (daughter of SULLENS, Solomon Henry and WYMAN, Rosa Belle) was born on 25 Jan 1890 in Illinois; died on 2 Dec 1976 in Wood River Hospital, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.

Children: 2. PALMER, Laurel Cornelius   was born on 2 Apr 1921 in Illinois; died on 3 Apr 1980 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois; was buried in Glen Carbon Cemetery, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: PALM.L001
• _FGRAVE: 143329406
• Military Service: World War II, Electrician's Mate First Class, United States Navy

Notes:

Military Service:
Enlisted and entered active service on October 8, 1942 at Navy Recruiting Station, Saint Louis, Missouri. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Attended the 16 week Electrician's Mate School, the 32 week Electricacal Interior Communications School and various other naval schools. Served aboard the Fletcher-Class Destroyer USS Ross DD-563 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Honorably discharged as an Electrician's Mate First Class on December 21, 1945 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Saint Louis, Missouri. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippines Liberation Medal with 2 bronze battle stars.

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=2281799

Family/Spouse: Hargis, Patricia Lea. Patricia (daughter of Hargis, George Allen and Bowman, Josephine) was born on 28 Nov 1924 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; died on 24 Jan 2002 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois; was buried in Glen Carbon Cemetery, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois.