Rank and Name, Lieutenant Junior Grade Donald Arthur Abel.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Bonefish (SS-223) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.

Donald is born 1923 in Aurora, Illinois.

Father, Albert C. Abel.

Mother, Catherine Abel.

Donald enlisted the service in Illinois with serial # 0-313601.

Donald was KIA when the Sub was sunk by Japanese vessels in Toyama Wan, Honshu on June 18, 1945, Lieutenant Junior Grade Donald A. Abel  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Donald is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to  https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-bonefish-223.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/