Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Murray E. Abbott.

Unit/Placed in on, 425^th Bomber Squadron, 308^th Bomber Group (Heavy).

Murray is born in 1914, Kinder, Louisiana.

Father, Frank Abbott.

Mother, Zena Abbott.

 Murray enlisted the service in Louisiana with serial # 18170549.

Murray died when the his plane disappeared over the South China Sea during a sea sweep mission on Dec. 18, 1944, Staff Sergeant Murray E. Abbott is honored with a  Purple Heart, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Murray’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were;

1st Lt.      W. L. Folke                     Pilot

1st Lt.      Edward W. Price             Co Pilot

2nd Lt.     Andrew M. Sustaric       Navigator

1st Lt.      Reed D. Deen                 Bombardier

T/Sgt.      Alva L. Knox                   Engineer

T/Sgt.      James D. Vaughn           Radio Operator

S/Sgt.      Bruce L. Ludwig              Assistent Engineer

S/Sgt.      Murray E. Abbott           Assistent Engineer?

S/Sgt.      Lauwrence F. Bowar        Assistent Radio Operator

T/Sgt.      John E. Guffin                Radar Observer

S/Sgt.      Birtin E. Trainor              Photographer

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/index.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/