Rank and Name; Seaman Second Class Albert Edward Airhart.

Unit/placed in; USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Albert was born  on Nov. 29, 1922, Polson,  Montana.

Father, Morton W. Airhart.

Mother, Catharine M. (McDonough) Airhart.

Sisters, Patricia I. and Margaret M. Airhart.  

Brothers, Wesley T. and Robert P. Airhart.

Albert entered  the Service from Montana with service number # 3685801.

Albert was KIA when the USS Houston sunk in the battle of Sunda Straight, on March 1, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://usshouston.org/ 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/