Individual Details

Ray Jennings Bassham

(1 Aug 1919 - 12 Jan 1945)



1940 Census. Merry Green Twp, Sheridan, Grant Co, AR, Hh 121
Ray Bassham, 21, b. AR, lived in Van Buren Crawford Co, AR in 1935, Laborer, Lumber Mill
Lorraine, wife, 21, lived in same place in 1935

Name listed on Memorial, Manila American Cemetery, Manila, National Capital Region, Phillippines. "Tablets of the missing."
Sgt., 1896th Engineer Battalion (Aviation). Entered service in Arkansas.

Events

Birth1 Aug 1919
Marriage26 Jun 1939Grant County, Arkansas - Lorraine Grace Black
Death12 Jan 1945Phillippine Islands

Families

SpouseLorraine Grace Black (1918 - 1994)
ChildTerry Mac Bassham (1944 - 2014)
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FatherHenry Jennings Bassham (1897 - 1922)
MotherWilla Mae Turner (1898 - 1986)
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