Categorie: Philippine Campaign 1944

Rank and Name, Ensign Blaine Warren Taylor.

Unit/Placed in, Composite Squadron 84, (VC-84), United States Naval Reserve.

 

Blaine is born approx. on 1916 in Ohio.

Father, Carl Taylor.

Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Taylor.

Sister(s), Nettie Taylor.

Brother(s), Earl Taylor.

 

Blaine enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 0-364052.

 

Blaine‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a TBM-3 were,

Ensign          Blaine W. Taylor               Pilot

Ammc3.        C. H. Weeks                      Gunner

Arm2.          Donald L. Sylvester            Radio Operator

Blaine died during landing on the USS Makin Island with heavy cross winds that made him crashed in the sea, where he sank in 20 seconds, tis made the Depth Charges he carried to Explode on 14 Nov. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

Blaine also has a Memorial Grave at Newton Township Cemetery West Side, Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA.

 

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ73-85Q

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

Website,

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

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

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

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

 

11/14/1944     TBM-3      23024      VC-84      USS MAKIN ISLAND (CVE-93)        ENR LEYTE GULF       SW PAC

Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Third Class Benjamin Lewis Jones Jr.

Unit/Placed in, Bombing Squadron (VB-13), PBY4 based on the USS Franklin (CV-13), United states Naval Reserve.

 

Benjamin is born approx. on 1923 in New Jersey.

Father, Benjamin Jones.

Mother, Mable Jones.

Sister(s), Elizabeth and Phoebe Jones.

 

Benjamin enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 7092283.

 

Benjamin died of his wounds sustained during the Leyte attack operations, on Oct. 30, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal with gold star, 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.

 

Benjamin 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/02/13.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, Lieutenant Arthur Duane Jones.

Unit/Placed in, Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8), United States Naval Reserve.

In 1940 he went to Europe and drove with an ambulance unit, soon he joint the Canadian Air Force during the Battle of Britain.

In 1942 he participated in a raid in Dieppe, and was transferred to the Pacific were he was promoted to full Lieutenant, and flew with Bombing Squadron (VF-8) several missions against Japan with. During a mission against Mindanao Airport the plane was shot, he and his crewman was missing, reports he was made a POW are after research not right. They returned to duty and where missing in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, he was (Posthumously)awarded with the Navy Cross.

 

Arthur is born approx. on 5 Oct. 1912 in Newark, New Jersey.

Father, Arthur Elwood Jones.

Mother, Elizabeth (Duane) Jones.

Brother(s), Robert Elwood Jones.

Spouse, Mary Ann (McCraney) Jones.

 

Arthur enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 0-243242.

 

Arthur‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-  were,

Lt.               Arthur D. Jones       Pilot

Arm1.          Walter L. Oliver       Radio Operator

 

Arthur was MIA during the (First) Battle of the Philippine Sea (west of Saipan) on 20 Sep. 1944, he is honored with an Navy Cross, 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.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/302868-vb-8-vbf-8-and-vf-8-uss-bunker-hill-cv-17/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSVC-DWZ

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/

 

Navy Cross

AWARDED FOR ACTIONS

DURING World War II

Service: Navy

Battalion: Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8)

Division: U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17)

GENERAL ORDERS:

Commander Fast Carrier Task Force Pacific: Serial 0279 (August 3, 1944)

 

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Arthur Duane Jones, United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary heroism in action as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Dive Bomber and Leader of a Division of Dive Bombers in Air Group EIGHT (AG-8), attached to the U.S.S. BUNKER HILL (CV-17), during an attack against the Japanese Fleet in the First Battle of the Philippine Sea, on 20 June 1944. Gallantly leading his Division at extreme combat radius in a strike against major hostile Fleet units, Lieutenant Jones flew in over the assigned area in bold defiance of fierce enemy aerial opposition and a terrific barrage of anti-aircraft fire sent up from guns of all calibers including battleship main batteries and, pressing home his own attack at low altitude, scored a direct bomb hit on a hostile aircraft carrier despite damage sustained by his plane in the furious action. By his airmanship and cool courage in the face of tremendous odds, Lieutenant Jones contributed to the probable destruction of the carrier and to the success of this decisive engagement. His valiant devotion to duty throughout reflects the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.

 

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Carl Leonard Wilson.

Unit/Placed in, , USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Carl is born approx. on 10 Dec. 1925 in Missouri.

Father, Jesse C. Wilson.

Mother, Cora A. Wilson.

Sister(s), Fern and Elsie Wilson.

Brother(s), Woodrow, Vernon, Billie, Bobby and Stanley Wilson.

Spouse, .

 

Carl enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 9566496.

 

Carl was KIA when the ship got hit by a Kamikaze strike near Leyte , on Oct. 30, 1944, 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.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

Carl also has a Memorial Grave at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/24.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, Technician Fourth Grade Temo T. Baffione.

Unit/Placed in, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division “Hour Glass”.

 

Temo is born approx. on Oct. 1914 in Frontone, Italy.

Father, Anselmo Baffione.

Mother, Julia (Orlandi) Baffione.

Sister(s), Dina and Bruna B. Baffione.

Brother(s), Hugo Baffione.

The whole family is born in Italy.

 

Temo enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 36050380.

 

Temo was KIA near Buri Airfield, Leyte in the Japanese Air Attack on Oct. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Ship Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.

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, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Joe Rodriguez Baeta.

Unit/Placed in, USS LSM-318, (Landing Ship Medium 318), United States Naval Reserve.

 

Joe is born approx. on no record.

 

Joe enlisted the service in California with service number # 8859289.

 

Joe was KIA when the USS LSM-318 was hit by a Kamikaze during the landing on 7 Dec. 1944, 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.

 

Joe 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/10/14/14318.htm

https://www.wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?kTFYQbQIqiZaarJZjMyXMg==

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.

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, Lieutenant Junior Grade Samuel Eveleth Badger Jr.

Unit/Placed in, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron-21 (MTBRON 21), United States Naval Reserve.

 

Samuel is born approx. on no record.

 

Samuel enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 0-334869.

 

Samuel was KIA in the Landings at Leyte when they were hit by a Kamikaze plane on 5 Nov. 1944, 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.

 

Samuel 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/12/05021.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.

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, Ensign Herbert Albert Baehr.

Unit/Placed in, USS Flier (SS-250), United States Navy.

 

Herbert is born approx. on 18 March 1911 in Chicago, Illinois.

Father, Justus W. Baehr.

 

Herbert enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 0-294629.

 

Herbert was KIA when the Submarine struck a Mine in the Balabac Straigt, Sulu Sea on 13 Aug. 1944, 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.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/baehr-h-a.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe on Facebook.

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/

Part 2

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant James Arthur Bacon.

Unit/Placed in, 822nd Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Medium.

 

Very good heroic story about the Bombing Attack wat is called

“The Battle of Leyte Gulf”

 

James is born approx. on 20 April 1924 in Tennessee.

Father, James A. Bacon.

Mother, Emma K. (Newman) Bacon.

Brother(s), Roy B. Bacon.

 

James enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 34724654.

 

James was KIA during the attaked on the Japanese Convoy on 10 Nov. 1944,  he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Chattanooga National Cemetery,

Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA.

And a Memorial Grave at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery

Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee, USA.

 

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/38bg/index.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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/

The story about,

http://www.veteransresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Mil-Hist-Saga-of-Ormac-Bay.pdf