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AMMONS-CECIL

CECIL  EUGENE AMMONS

Picture
Deceased
Rate/Rank
S2
Service Branch
USNR 00/0000 - 5/1943
Born
1925
ST. LOUIS, MO
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
MISSING IN ACTION - USS SIMS DD-409, CORAL SEA OPERATION, 05/07/1942. DECLARED DEAD, 05/08/1943
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USS SIMS DD-409 - SUNK BY BOMB STRIKES, BATTLE OF CORAL SEA
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
DISTINGHUISED UNIT CITATION
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
SERVICE MEMORIES

CECIL WAS KIA WHEN THE USS SIMS WAS HIT BY SEVERAL BOMBS FROM JAPANESE DIVE BOMBERS DURING THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA ON MAY. 7, 1942.