Adkins, Golden – ww2 Pacific

Name and Rank, Seaman Apprentice Golden Adkins.

Unit/placed in, USS Pollux (AKS-2) (General Stores issue ship), United States Naval Reserve.

The task of the general stores issue ship was to sail into non-combat, or rear, areas and disburse general stores, such as canned goods, toilet paper, office supplies, etc., to ships and stations

Golden was born on October 10, 1918 in Branchland, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

Father, Wilburn Henderson Adkins .

Mother, Martha R. (Smith) Adkins .

Sister(s), Marie, Nola, Iva and Rubie Irene Adkins.

Brother(s), Howard H. Clovis, Jennings, Carl and Luther Adkins.

Golden entered the service from Huntington, West Virginia in Aug. 6, 1942 with service number # 354439906.

Golden Adkins rank/duty was a Seaman Apprentice in the United States Naval Reserve.

Golden Adkins died for the Newfoundland Coast when the ship hit ground and Sunk, on Feb.18, 1942 and he is honored with the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.

Golden Adkins is mentioned/buried at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.

Tablets of the Missing.

He has a Memorial Grave at Franklin Cemetery, Branchland, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA.

Thanks to, https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15912

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KL7B-GFV

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