Rank and Name, Electrician’s Mate First Class Leroy Albert Abst.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Kete (SS-269) Submarine, United States Navy.

Leroy is born in 1922 in Illinois.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Leroy enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 3005118.

Leroy was KIA circumstances unknown on March 20, 1945,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/abts-l-a.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/