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personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead
virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission
part-i-personal-data
first-name: Edward
middle-name: Paul
last-name: La Flamme
suffix:
home-address: 1720 N. Quinn St.
county: Arlington
birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island
date-of-birth: 1918-08-16
race: White
sex: Male
height-ft: 5
height-ins: 5
weight-lbs: 140
marital-status: Married
wife-maiden-name-or-husband
first-name: Josephine
middle-name: Irene
last-name: Leary
suffix:
place-of-marriage: Washington, D.C.
date-of-marriage: 1942-05-09
children-1: None
date-of-birth-1:
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education
elementary-years: 8
high-school-years: 4
college-years:
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religious-affiliation: Roman Catholic
citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.A
father-s-name
first-name: Joseph
middle-name: Hormisdas
last-name: La Flamme
suffix: Deceased
mother-s-maiden-name
first-name: Marie
middle-name: Delia
last-name: Richard
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part-ii-military-record
means-of-entry: Enlisted
date-of-entry: 1941-12-13
place-of-entry: Washington, D.C.
rank-at-entry: Y3C, USNR
first-served: OND
branch-of-service: Navy
service-number: 6030424
previous-military-education-training-and-service: None
trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states
camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: OND --- Wash. D.C. --- From 1941-12-15 --- To 1943-12-07 Boot Camp --- Bainbridge Md. --- From 1943-12-8 To ? Naval Base --- Norfolk Va --- ? --- To 1943-02-12 DE. 302 --- California Pacific --- From 1943-02-dd --- To 1945-08-dd
promoted
from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: From Y3C --- To Y2C --- Unknown
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information-about-overseas-service: Aboard U.S.S. Lyman, Destroyer Escort (DE. 302). Lyman Commissioned Mare Island, California 1944-02-19. To Hawaiian Islands 1944-04-dd; Submarine manuvers out of Pearl Harbor; escorting to Marshalls; first invasion, to Palau Islands 1944-09-dd; 1944-10-30 arrive Russell Islands escorting First Marine Division; 1944-11-17 to new operating base - Ulithi -; 1944-12-dd with Third Fleet Phillipine operation, hitting a typhoon; 1944-12-25 Christmas at Guam; 1945-02-19 D-Day at Iwo Jima operating with Fifth Fleet; 1945-03-26, arrival in Okinawa invasion area; 1945-06-05 typhoon; 1945-07-dd (cont'd page 4) [continued on page 4] Off coast of Japan with Third Fleet; 1945-08-15 Japs surrendered - back to Ulithi Palau Iwo Jima Okinawa Jananese Homeland Raid
citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal
circumstances-of-death: Died of Sickness
area-of-place-of-death: Aboard USS Cache - Pacific Area
date-of-death: 1945-08-17
any-other-details-known: Burial services conducted at sea from USS Lyman, Latitude 15° 33' No. Longitude 143° 35' East with full military honors
photograph: Yes
next-of-kin
prefix:
first-name: Josephine
middle-name: Irene
last-name: La Flamme
suffix:
address: 1720 N. Quinn St., Arl, Va.
relationship: Widow
people-supplying-this-information
prefix:
first-name: Josephine
middle-name: Irene
last-name: La Flamme
suffix:
address: 1720 N. Quinn St., Arlington, Va.
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