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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
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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. … |
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Military Service Ribbons, Handley, James Leon (Unk-1945)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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World War II Honoree, Handley, James Leon (?-1945)
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American Campaign Medal, United States
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American Campaign Medal, United States Military
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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United States Navy
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United States Navy
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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United States Navy Enlisted Rates
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World War II
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World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
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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, a… |
| 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
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Memorial, Tablets of the Missing, Handley, James L.
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Entrance, Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Also known as Fort William McKinley Cemetery
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines occupies 152 acres on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west. It contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, a total of 16,859, most of whom lost their lives in operations in… |
| Person ID |
I42995 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
24 May 2023 |
English
UNKNOWN - 1945