Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Vernon Lyle Adkins.
Unit/placed, USS Ahrens (DE-575) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Vernon was born on Jan. 3, 1926 in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Father, Ambrose Adkins.
Mother, Arrabelle (Gallimore) Adkins.
Sisters, Nellie, Orpha and Mauna Lee Adkins.
Half-sisters, Lizzie Mae and Audrey J. Adkins
Brothers, Thelley Casper, Hillard Demsey and Coney Adkins.
Half-brothers, Kinnard and Warren G. Adkins.
Vernon entered the Service from West Virginia with service number # 9287561.
Vernon L. Adkins rank/duty was a Seaman First Class in the United States Naval Reserve.
Vernon died when the USS Ahrens was on the way back from the Pacific, true the Panama Canal Zone, because off an accident (fell overboard) on Dec. 4 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
Vernon L. Adkins is mentioned/buried at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County,(Manhattan), New York, USA.
He also got a Memorial (45012171) on Find a Grave.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/575.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8B5-5XH
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
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/
