Rank and Name,Technician Fifth Grade George Baker Akers.

Unit/Placed in,240th Engineer Construction Battalion.

George is born on March 24, 1911 in Kansas.

Father, Charles S. Akers.

Mother, Minta A.C. (Harris) Akers.

Brothers, Jack A. and Charles R. Akers.

George enlisted the U.S.Army in Kansas with service number # 37537278.

George was KIA when his Transport the USS LST-749 was struck by a Kamikaze in the Sulu Sea near Mindoro, the Philippines on Dec. 21, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA.

Thanks to http://www.cbi-history.com/part_iv_eng.html#13 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160749.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/