World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Raymond Haughey
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: CORPORAL. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS JANUARY 13, 1942 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO F-COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 29TH MARINES, 6TH ‘THE STRIKING SIXTH’ DIVISION. ON FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1945, HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA AND WAS BURIED IN THE SIXTH DIVISION CEMETERY ON OKINAWA. THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA (1 APRIL-22 JUNE 1945), CODE NAME: OPERATION ICEBERG WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN THE PACIFIC WAR OF WWII. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.