Rank and Name, Merchant Seaman Sidney Muller Albert.

Unit/placed in, MV American Leader Cargo-Ship, U.S. Merchant Marine.

The MS American Leader was torpedoed by the Germans on Sep. 10, 1942.

Sidney survived, and became a POW by the Japanese in Camp Takan Baroe, Batavia till he died on May 28, 1945.

Sidney was born 1898 in Ranoake, Virginia.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Sidney M. Albert entered  the service from Virginia with service number # Z-068236.

Sidney died as a POW on May 28, 1945, he is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Sidney is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.usmm.org/duffyamerlead.html  Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/