Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Third Class/Fireman First Class John Joseph Alcorn.

Unit/Placed in, No Record.See down

John was born in, 1922  in Boston Massachusetts.

Father, Murray Alcorn.

Mother, Agnes Alcorn.

Brother, Murray G. Alcorn.

John enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 223039.

John was KIA on May 19, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific 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 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/