Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Matt Archer Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Essex (CV-9) Carrier, United States Naval reserve.

Matt is born 1924 in Virginia.

Father, John H. Allen.

Mother, Iva B. Allen.

Sisters, Louise B. and Ellen M. Allen.

Brothers, John E. and Willian H. Allen.

Matt enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 8348273.

Matt died of his wounds (2^nd degree burns over body)  after the Kamikaze attack on Nov. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/09.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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