Categorie: Guadacanal-Solomons and Savo Islands 1942

Rank and Name, Yeoman Third Class Fred Harding Carter.

Unit/Placed in, USS Quincy (CA-39) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Fred is born on 1922 in New Brunswick, Canada.

Father, James Edgar Carter.

Mother, Janet Matilda (McKinley) Carter.

Sister(s), Alice Pauline and Bessie Myrtle Carter.

Brother(s), Charles Paul and James Kidd Sr. Carter.

Fred enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2018013.

Fred was KIA/MIA when the USS Quincy sunk in Battle of Savo Island on 9 Augustus 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island, was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces. The battle took place on August 8–9, 1942 and was the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign. The battle has often been cited as the worst defeat in a fair fight in the history of the United States Navy. The battle was the first of five costly, large scale sea and air-sea actions fought in support of the ground battles on Guadalcanal.

The USS Quincy and USS Vincennes was sunk, with over 1000 men killed or lost at sea. The Japanese suffered only light damage to ships, and a little more than 100 casualties.

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

Walls of the missing.

Fred  also has a Memorial Grave at St. David’s Presbyterian Cemetery

Kirkland, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

Thanks to, https://www.honorstates.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKDL-WDY

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

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Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Roy Lerson Steele Jr.

Unit/Placed in, USS San Francisco (CA-38) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Roy is born on 3 December 1922 in Tennessee.

Father, Roy Lerson Steele Sr.

Mother, Wavie Kathy (Bell) Steele.

Sister(s), Pearlie Mae and Zela Louise Steele.

Brother(s), Dewey Jenkins Steele.

 

Roy enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 6401905.

 

Roy was KIA/MIA when they were under fire from the Japanese Navy and hit from shells from the Japanese cruiser Nagara on 13 November 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GL9R-SZS

Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(CA-38)

https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1665474

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Rank and Name, Boatswain Mate Second Class Edward David Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

 

Edward is born on 1912 in North Carolina.

Father, E. E. Edwards.

Mother, Edith (Dickie) Edwards.

Spouse, Florence Marie (Archbell) Edwards.

 

Edward enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 3931153.

 

Edward was KIA/MIA when the USS Juneau was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/04/052/04052.htm

https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CL-52.html

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.deathLikeDate.from=1942&q.deathLikeDate.to=1942&q.givenName=edward%20david&q.spouseGivenName=florence%20marie&q.surname=edwards

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Rank and Name, Captain Cassin Young.

Unit/Placed in, USS San Francisco (CA-38) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Cassin is born approx. on 6 March 1894 in Washington, District of Columbia.

Father, Peter Casanave Howle Young.

Mother, Annie M. Cassin.

Brother(s), Edward Hamilton and Peter Casanave Young.

Spouse, Elenaor H. (McFadden) Young.

Cassin enlisted the service in California with service number # O-9615.

Cassin was KIA in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when the  USS San Francisco was attacked and damaged by Japanese Air and Navy when they ceased fire the ship withdrew from the Battle on 13 Nov. 1942, he is honored with the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Cassin also has a Memorial Grave at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens,

Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

Medal of Honor

AWARDED FOR ACTIONS

DURING World War II

Service: Navy

Division: U.S.S. Vestal (AR-4)

GENERAL ORDERS:

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Commander Cassin Young (NSN: 0-9615), United States Navy, for distinguished conduct in action, outstanding heroism and utter disregard of his own safety, above and beyond the call of duty, as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. VESTAL (AR-4), during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by enemy Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Commander Young proceeded to the bridge and later took personal command of the three-inch anti-aircraft gun. When blown overboard by the blast of the forward magazine explosion of the U.S.S. ARIZONA, to which the U.S.S. VESTAL was moored, he swam back to his ship. The entire forward part of the U.S.S. ARIZONA was a blazing inferno with oil afire on the water between the two ships; as a result of several bomb hits, the U.S.S. VESTAL was afire in several places, was settling and taking on a list. Despite severe enemy bombing and strafing at the time, and his shocking experience of having been blown overboard, Commander Young, with extreme coolness and calmness, moved his ship to an anchorage distant from the U.S.S. ARIZONA, and subsequently beached the U.S.S. VESTAL upon determining that such action was required to save his ship.

Rank and Name, Boatswain’s Mate First Class Arthur James Davis.

Unit/Placed in, USS Enterprise (CV-6) Carrier, United States Navy.

 

Arthur is born approx. on no record.

 

Arthur enlisted the service in West Virginia with service number # 2659064.

 

Arthur was KIA when the USS Enterprise was attacked during the Battle of the Eastern Solomon’s by a Japanese Achi D3A2 Dive Bomber who dropped one large bomb, and it hit starboard side, it exploded in the gun gallery between the flight deck and the gun gallery deck causing high fatalities and heavy damage it killed: 2 officers and 72 men. On 24 Aug. 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.eaglespeak.us/2007/10/sunday-ship-history-uss-enterprise-cv-6.html

http://www.cv6.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

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Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Bert Jones Jr.

Unit/Placed in, , USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Bert is born approx. on 1923 in Tennessee.

Stepfather, Francis J. Gibson.

Mother, Florence Gibson.

 

Bert enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2438845.

 

Bert was KIA when the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by a Torpedo from the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Bert 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/04/052/04052.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

Rank and Name, Steward Third Class Anthony Jones.

Unit/Placed in, USS Jarvis (DD-393) Destroyer, United States Navy.

 

Anthony is born approx. on 1917 in Virginia.

Father, Anthony Jones.

Mother, Hattie Jones.

 

Anthony enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 2657138.

 

Anthony was KIA during the Battle of Savo, when the USS Jarvis was attacked by the Japanese Forces, got torpedoed, the ship spilt and sunk on Aug. 9, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138435

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/digitized-collections/action-reports/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack/ships-d-l/uss-jarvis-dd-393-action-report.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Charles Eugene wilson.

Unit/Placed in, USS New Orleans (CA-32) Cruiser, United States Navy.

 

Charles is born approx. on in.

Mother, Helen Flora Wilson.

Sister(s), Helen M. Wilson.

Brother(s), Warren R. and Charles L. Wilson.

 

 

Charles enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 2918166.

 

Charles was KIA during the Battle of Tassafaronga when the USS New Orleans was attacked by Japanese Destroyers on Nov. 30, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Charles 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/04/032/04032.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Alfred David Wilson.

Unit/Placed in, , USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Alfred is born approx. on 17 Feb. 1918 in Elkton, Maryland.

Father, David Whiley Wilson.

Mother, Myrtle W. (Renshaw) Wilson.

Brother(s), David Wiley Wilson.

 

Alfred enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 6501584.

 

Alfred was KIA when the USS Juneau was hit and sunk by a Torpedo from the Japanese Submarine I-26 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on Nov. 13, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Alfred 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/04/052/04052.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/