Rank and Name, Stewards Mate First Class John D. Aaron.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Cooper (DD-695) Destroyer, United States Naval     Reserve.

 John was born in 1919 in Colfax, Louisiana.

Father, William Aaron.

Mother, Pattie Aaron.

 John enlisted the service in Louisiana with serial # 8475408.

John was KIA on the USS Cooper was Torpedoed by the Japanese Destroyer Take near Ormoc Bay on Dec. 3, 1944, Stewards Mate First Class John D. Aaron is honored with a , Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Walls Of The Missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/695.htm 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/  Rolland Swank and Terry Hirsch.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/695.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/ Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,   Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. Info: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ Rolland Swank and Terry Hirsch.