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World War II
S1C Laurence Monroe Faught
Navy - MIA

USS Monaghan (DD-354)
One of Three Destroyers Sunk during a Typhoon in the Philippine Sea off Samar
, 18 Dec 1944
Only 6 men were saved, 257 Died on the Monaghan.
The story of why she sank and a photo of this ship in WWII 'Dazzle Paint'
to disguise it, from enemy ships, air planes and submarines

7 Apr 1917-18 Dec 1944
Service Number- 8863552
Military Records, he was from Dorchester and married to Reba Stuckey  and they had children and lived in Grayson County.
He enlisted in California. Reba is buried in West Hill Cemetery. See her obituary below and on her cemetery page.
His WWII Reg. Card below on this page says he was born in Bryan, Choctaw, Okla.

1940 Census this couple lived in Brawley, Imperial, California

Laurence Monroe Faught is memorialized at the "Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery" Manila, Philippines

He had served or trained before on: Hull DD-350, Spence DD-512


His WWII Registration Card
Note the misspelling on his first name. This spelling also pops up in records.



Reba Fought

Reba Faught Obituary

SHERMAN - A visitation for Reba (Stuckey) Faught will be held from 9 -10 a.m. Tuesday at Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman. Graveside services will follow at 11 a.m. at West Hill Cemetery Sherman. Arrangements are under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home Sherman. Mrs. Faught passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Texoma Medical Care in Sherman.

Reba was born March 14, 1921 in Idabel, Okla. to William E. Stuckey and Ada Lee (Pelt) Stuckey. She married the late Laurence Monroe Faught on Jan. 3, 1940 in Shafter, Calif..

Reba is survived by granddaughter, Lujuanna Faught of Nelson, Okla.; grandsons, Chad Lynn Faught of Oklahoma, Michal Faught of Oklahoma; great-granddaughter, Amanda Nelson; great-grandson, Johnathan Nelson; great-greatgrandson, Monroe Faught; great-greatgranddaughter, Angelsue Nelson; two nieces; three nephews; and several great-nephews and great-nieces.

She was preceded in death by husband, Laurence Monroe Faught; sons, Leonard Ralph Faught, Larry Monroe Faught Sr.; daughter, Irene Faught; brothers, John Dover, and Jack Sissney; sisters Evelyn Sissney Trammel, Susie Stuckey, Vertie (Stuckey) Gaskill, Frances (Stuckey) Faught, Clare (Stuckey) Woods, and Ella (Stuckey) Gentry, and a grandson, Larry Monroe Faught Jr.



ps: Reba shares a tombstone with a daughter in West Hill. "Jane' 16 Dec 1942. Likely a baby who died. She doesn't have a Texas death certificate, but may not have been named at a hospital and thus no record in that first name.


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