Lanson Harold Harris

Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Navy World War II; Korean War

Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class
Unit: Crew Member USS Houston (CA-30)
Conflict / Era: World War II; Korean War
Date of Birth: 11/15/1917
Date of Death: 09/05/2006
Hometown: UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California
Monument Paver: No
Overseas Service: Burma, Thailand, Indonesia
Township (entering service): UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death): UNKNOWN
School: UNKNOWN
Status: Prisoner of War
When: 02/28/1942
Where: Thailand
Record Authenticated: Yes

Biography

Overseas service: Burma, Thailand, Indonesia. School: UNKNOWN. serial #3809720; imprisoned at Thai (TAI) POW Camp Thailand 13-100; POW records report state of residency as California; POW Married to Ella Jane Rausch, Union County native

Source: No DD-214 recorded in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 26 October 2007;G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; National Archives; St. Paul's Lutheran Church records | Ancestry - Find A Grave