Categorie: Japan 1945

Rank and Name,Ship’s Cook Second Class John F. Alfonso

Unit/Placed in,USS Belknap (APD-34) Destroyer, United States Navy.

John is born in March 10, 1920 in Florida.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

John enlisted the service in Florida with service number # 5515374.

John was KIA when a Kamikaze crashed on the USS Belknap on Jan. 11, 1945, 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/

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Luther Vernon Adkison.

Unit/placed on, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Luther was born  in Sep. 18, 1923 in Bosque County, Texas.

Father, Andy J. Adkison.

Mother, Callie E. (Wellborn) Adkison.

Sisters, Rosa, Lula and Leila M. Adkison.

Stepsisters, Nettie R. and Ruby A. Morrow.  

Brothers, Travis D., Clint C. and Willam J. Adkison.

Stepbrother, Arthur H.Morrow.

Luther entered  the service from Texas with service-number # 8399894.

Luther was KIA  when the USS Franklin was hit by Bomb strike from a Japanese dive Bomber, off Honshu, Japan , on Dec. 19, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon,  Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 Luther is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

He has a Memorial Grave at Hico Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County, Texas, USA.

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/13t.htm 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/

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Harm Keith Adkins.

Unit/placed on, USS Franklin (CV-13),Carrier “Big Ben”, United States Navy.

Harm was born  on Sep. 27, 1926 in Yancey County, North Carolina.

Father, Geoffrey D. Adkins.

Mother, Maude L. (Webb) Adkins.

Harm entered  the service from Tennessee with service-number # 7837969.

Harm was KIA during a Japanese Bomb strike on the ship near  Honshu, Japan Island, on March 19, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Harm is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/WarDamageReports/WarDamageReportCV13/WarDamageReportCV13.html  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/ 

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Lee Loyd Addington.

Unit/placed on, USS Little (DD-803) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Lee was born  in 1925 in Visalia, Tulare County, California.

Father, Zena E. Addington.

Mother,Hattie E. (Atchison) Addington .

Lee entered  the service from California with service-number # 8860866.

Lee was KIA  when the ship got hit by a Kamikaze Plane off the Okinawa Coast, on May 3, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Lee is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/803.htm 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/

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Roy Seth Albiston.

Unit/placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Roy was born  on Aug. 25, 1925 in  Richmond, Cache County, Utah.

Father, Roy Albiston.

Mother, Iva (Day) Albiston.

Sister, Ardean (Johnson) Albiston.  

Roy entered  the service from Utah with service number # 7595360.

Roy was KIA when  a Japanese Bomb strike  off the coast of Honshu, Japan, on March 19, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Roy is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache County, Utah, USA.

Thanks to http://www.ussfranklin.org/ 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/

Rank/Name,  Seaman First Class Vonceal Adams.

Unit/placed in, USS Haligan (DD-584) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Vonceal was born  on July 18, 1925 in  Arkansas.

Father, Culbert Adams.

Mother, Manda Adams.

Sisters, Janice and Mildred Adams.  

Brothers, Howard, Nelson and Arvis Adams.

Vonceal entered  the service from Arkansas with service-number # 8446687.

Vonceal was KIA  during a Battle at Ryukyu Islands, when the ship hit a mine, on March 26, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Vonceal is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/584.htm 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/ 

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Pierce Milton Adams.

Unit/Placed in,  USS LSM-135 Landing Ship, United States Navy.

Pierce was born  in Oct. 4, 1927 in Georgia.

Father, Olah F. Adams.

Mother, Maggie Adams.

Pierce M. Adams entered  the service from Georgia with service # 6908188.

Pierce was KIA  when the Landing ship was Sunk after a Kamikaze attack near Okinawa, Japan, on May  25, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Pierce is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

He has a Memorial Grave at Farmington Cemetery, Farmington, Oconee County,
Georgia, USA.

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/

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Nelson H. Ahlquist.

Unit/placed in, USS Bunker Hill (CV-16) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve .

Nelson was born in  1927 in New Jersey.

Father, Nelson A. Ahlquist.

Mother, Josephine Ahlquist.

Brother, Louis Ahlquist.

Nelson entered  the service from New Jersey with service number # 7129163.

Nelson was KIA during the Invasion for Okinawa, two Japanese planes bombed the ship, on May 11, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Nelson is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/17.htm 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/

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Alfred Ugo Abruzzese.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Marathon (APA-200) Attack Transport,United States Naval Reserve .

Alfred is born in 1922 in New Jersey.

Father, James Abruzzese.

Mother, Palma H. Abruzzese.

 Alfred enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 9058838.

Alfred died when (story) the ship went for anchor in Buckner Bay a attack of a Kaitan (suicide sub) on July 22, 1945, Seaman First Class Alfred U. Abruzzese is honored with a  Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03200.htm 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/

Rank and Name, Radarman Second Class Victor E. Abate.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Victor is born in 1915 in Glen Cove, New York.

Father, Rosavio Abate.

Born in Italy.

Daughter, Flora Abate.

Sons, Carmine J. and Claudio J. Abate

 Victor enlisted the U.S.Army in New York with serial # 8104588.

Victor was KIA when close to Japanese main land the ship was attacked by a plane who threw a few bombs that severely damaged the ship on March 19, 1945, Radarman Victor E Abate is honored with a  Combat Action Medal, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Victor is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.ussfranklin.org/ 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/