World War II Honoree

Raymond E. Alexander

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

SMSgt (Ret) Carl D. Peterson, 215th Engineering Installation Squadron

Relationship

Alumni Association Historian

PRIVATE, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF). IN DECEMBER 1943 HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A RADAR EQUIPMENT REPAIRMAN WITH THE 1094TH SIGNAL COMPANY SERVICE GROUP (AVIATION) AT MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. SERVED WITH COMPANY AT MILNE BAY, FINSCHHAFEN, AITAPE AND WAKDE ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. IN LATE NOVEMBER 1944 THE COMPANY RELOCATED TO BURI AIRSTRIP, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE, ALONG WITH THIRTEEN OTHER MEN FROM THE 1094TH SIGNAL COMPANY, LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN EARLY MORNING SURPRISE ATTACK BY THE 16TH DIVISION OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY ON DECEMBER 6, 1944. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.