Rank and Name, Storekeeper Third Class Otis Edward Allrid.
Unit/Placed in, USS Wasp (CV-7) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Otis is born approx. on 1917 in Georgia.
Father, Otis E. Allrid.
Mother, Mamie (Weaver) Allrid.
Sister(s), Margret E. Allrid.
Brother(s), James and Raymond E. Allrid.
Otis enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 4062501.
Otis was KIA when the USS Wasp got a spray of multiple torpedoes from the Japanese I-19 on Sep. 15, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Otis is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
