Raymond L Shireman of Fort Wayne, Indiana was declared killed in action December 15, 1945, after being missing for a considerable length of time while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.

He is officially listed as missing or buried at sea and his name appears on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. We are seeking information regarding his military and civilian life and especially locate any family members still living so we can send them the free photographs of his grave site and the beautiful memorial in the Philippines.

We have found the following reference at the Indiana State Library website; World War II database. We do not have the information because we do not have access to the microfilms here in the Philippines but we are hoping for some help from our posting. Our goal is to find the families of Indiana servicemen and present them with free photographs of their loved one’s grave sites and names as they appear on the “Tablets”. This information will increase our chances of finding the families. Please help us!

Reference:
Indianapolis Star
March 28, 1942
Missing in Action
Page 17, Column 4


I am a retired Hoosier from Madison County Indiana residing in the Philippines with my Filipino wife. We are seeking family and military information of nearly a thousand servicemen from Indiana killed in the South Pacific during World War II. There are 17,206 Americans buried here and thousands more that are missing or buried at sea and are honored on the “Tablets of the Missing”. Please visit our website to see the beautiful memorial located in Manila, Philippines.

http://fizkid.tripod.com/

My wife and I visited the cemetery as visitors and left with a mission in our heart. We have been taking photographs of the graves of the Indiana servicemen buried here and have been uniting them (at no charge) with their family members in Indiana and across the United States. To receive the photo of your family member, neighbor or friend all you need is a working email address. We do not send them to regular mailing addresses due to the costs. Please help us find the families of the men that might still be living. Our project is only successful because of teamwork and your contributions are noted on our website. If you wish to help us we will be pleased to add your name to our ACKNOWLEDGMENT page on the website. The obituaries usually did not appear till to three months after the death date.

If you are not a genealogist you can help by just picking up the telephone directory and find someone with the same last name and give them a call. It has worked many times for us.

Zenas5@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

Dave and Apple Dwiggins
San Pablo City, Philippines

WW2 MARINE CASULATIES

Name: Raymond Leon Shireman
machinest's MATE
1C
USN
Relative Name: Mrs. Margaret Pearl Ploughe
Relative Relationship: Mother
of RT 8, FORT WAYNE
State: Indiana
Country: United States
Roll: ww2c_27


1952 ELWOOD Indiana DIRECTORY

PLOUGHE, M L
1614
E fr S 13TH TO S 28TH, 5 S OF MAIN

Thank you so much for all the work you have put forth helping our project. It has taken me a lot of time to go through the records but it has been worth it. We now know a lot more about the men who died from Allen Co. Dave