Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Harold Raymond Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Harold is born on April 17, 1918 in Greene County, Indiana.

Father, Ray O. Allen.

Mother, Ruby C. Allen.

Sisters, Helen E. Martha L. Anna m. and Mary M. Allen.

Harold enlisted the service in Arizona with service number # 3814122.

Harold died of his wounds sustained when the ship was under attak from a kamikaze on Feb. 4, 1942, he is honored with a Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Harold 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/