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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Nov 04, 1956
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S/SGT HANSEL LEE ARMENTROUT WAS BORN IN PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA ON 4 MAY 1913, SON OF LEE AND EMMA (GOODE) ARMENTROUT. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BRICK LAYER LIVING IN PARSONS, WEST VIRGNIA AND MARRIED TO PAIGE ARMENTROUT WHEN HE ENTERED THE SERVICE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1942. S/SGT ARMENTROUT SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER FROM 14 JUN 1943 UNTIL 9 APRIL 1945 WITH AN UNKNOWN UNIT. ON 13 MAY 1945 S/SGT ARMENTROUT ARRIVED BACK IN THE STATES AND WAS ASSIGNED TO 2539TH AAF BASE UNIT AT FOSTER FIELD, TEXAS WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL DISCHARGED ON 10 OCTOBER1945. HANSEL ARMENTROUT WAS KILLED IN A AIR PLANE ACCIDENT ALONG WIH HIS BROTHER, JOHN HARRISON ARMENTROUT ON 4 NOVEMBER 1956 NEAR WILKSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. HANSEL WAS LAID TO REST AT THE PARSONS CEMETERY IN PARSONS, WV
Description (Western Pacific Campaign 15 June 1944 to 2 September 1945) Attacks on Truk, where the Japanese had a major base, continued as preparations were made for the invasion of the Marianas. The American troops that landed on Saipan on 15 June 1944 met bitter opposition; but, after a desperate Japanese counterattack on 7 July, organized resistance soon terminated. Tinian, invaded on 25 July, was won by I August. Guam, which had been seized by the Japanese on 10 December 1941, was invaded on 20 July and regained after 20 days of fighting. With the conquest of the Marianas, the United States gained valuable bases for an aerial offensive against Japan itself. To provide bases for operations against the Philipgines, the Palaus were invaded in mid-September. Later, aerial attacks were made on Formosa to support the invasion of the Philippines and Okinawa.
