Rank and Name, Corporal Wayne N. Alquist.
Unit/Placed in, 332nd Squadron, 513rd Troop Carrier Group.
513th Troop Carrier Group
Established as the 3d Combat Cargo Group on 1 June 1944
Activated on 5 June 1944
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group on 19 September 1945
Inactivated on 15 April 1946
Wayne is born approx. 1923 in Clay Center, Kansas.
Father, Emery C. Alquist.
Mother, Kate A. Alquist.
Sister, Lilian M. Alquist.
Brother, Keith E. Alquist.
Wayne enlisted the service in Kansas with service number # 37528052.
Wayne died on Oct. 30, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Wayne is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
George has also a Memorial Grave at Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA.
Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov
P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html Air-Force, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org
Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/
Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org
https://books.google.nl/books?id=ywC7IREmE_IC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=513rd+troop+carrier+group&source=bl&ots=8wc8v7LYCF&sig=ACfU3U19BRnERxlBRYfqAMWSMNqEcZ2m_g&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRyIe8isDhAhVFJlAKHXufA2gQ6AEwC3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=513rd%20troop%20carrier%20group&f=false
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19451030-1
https://www.baaa-acro.com/city/zhijiang
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56774235/stanley-tosh (Pilot)
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Oct1945O.htm
