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Casualty Info
Home Town Atlanta
Last Address Atlanta
Casualty Date Apr 16, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Westview Cemetery - Atlanta, Georgia
Description The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 11 November-21 December 1944, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.
