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7-year-old Ray M. O'Day sailed with mother Juanita and sister Phyllis on
SS Cambrai from Honolulu to San Francisco, arriving 5 September 1928.
Ray O'Day, Sr. was an officer in the U.S. Army and probably had been
reposted necessitating this move.
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More Time
Ray sailed aboard the SS Lurline, unaccompanied, from Honolulu to
San Francisco on 1 June 1953. This may be due to troop drawdown as
Korean War ended.
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Ray O'Day gradated from the
Washington State University in 1941. 2/Lt O'Day was transferred
from the Parachute School to Service Co, 508th PIR on 1 October
1942 as a cadre member.
On 18 November 1943 Lt
O'Day was transferred to the 541st PIR which, like the 508th, was then
based at Camp Mackall, NC.
His military career in the
next two yeas is unknown other than the fact that he was in combat
during the Battle of the Bulge.
On 15 January 1945 2nd Lt
O'Day was transferred back to the 508th, this time in Hq 1st. Then
on 31 May 1945 he was transferred to HQ 82nd Airborne Division.
His military decorations
include Combat Infantryman Badge for action during campaign, 18 Dec 1944
to 20 Feb 1945, effective 15 Jan 45
After his discharge on 25
November 1946 he married Mary L Patchen in Whitman, WA. Although
they had a son, Kirk, that marriage apparently ended with a divorce.
He married a second time
on 31 October 1948 to Lucille M Jones in San Francisco, CA.
Lastly he married Alice A
Russell in Humboldt, CA on 19 July 1980 |
