Ayers, Ray Charley
Navy Chief Quartermaster

Ray Charley Ayers, age 32, from Los Angeles County Bellflower, California .

Parents: W. E. Ayers
Spouse: Marie Teresa Ayers
Children: Ronald Charles

Service era: World War II
Schools: Hopewell High, Virginia

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.

Source: National Archives, USSHouston.org, Hopewell News (1942)