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NAME Ray Thomas Stanley |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 307396 |
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| UNIT VMSB-234 Radioman / Gunner |
HOME OF RECORD Hacoda, AL |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Vistah Burke |
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| DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1922 |
ENTERED SERVICE 1941 |
DATE OF LOSS February 4, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA New Georgia |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead February 5, 1945 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Staff Sergeant Ray Stanley was an aviation radioman and gunner pilot serving with VMSB-234 during the campaign for the Solomon Islands. On 4 February 1943, Stanley flew in Dauntless SBD-4 10351, piloted by First Lieutenant Donald H. Russell, in a strike on Japanese ships near Munda, New Georgia. The ship failed to return from the raid, and the crew was listed as missing in action. Both Marines were declared dead on 5 February 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Staff Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing in action |
MEMORIALS Natural Bridge Cemetery, Gaskin, FL Manila American Cemetery |
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