Allen, James Hilles

Rank and Name, Steward Mate Third CLass James Hilles Allen.

Unit/Placed, USS Ingraham (DD-694) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

James was born on, 27 October 1916 in Fulton, Kentucky.

Father, Marlin Madison Allen.

Mother, Martha Allen.

Stepmother, Ellah Allen.

Brother, Thomas E. allen.

James enlisted the Navy in Kentucky with service number # 6343186.

James’s rank/duty was a Steward Mate Third Class on-board the USS Ingraham DD-694.

James died when the USS Ingram came in collision with the Oil-Tanker Chemung and Sunk off the Halifax Coast, Canada on Aug. 22, 1942, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Tablets of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/alpha_pages/i/uss_ingraham_dd694_roll_of_honor.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GS88-4PV

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/

Visit to the Crewmembers of the USS Ingraham DD-444.

https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/430589?page=1#sr-104960110

Thanks to John Dowdy.