Rank and Name, Coxwain Leo James Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, SS West Ives Merchant Steamship, Armed Guard.
Leo is born on 13 August 1913 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas.
Father, George Hayden Alsop.
Mother, Clara Frances (Heitz) Alsop.
Sister(s), Mary, Ruth and Frances Lorraign Alsop.
Brother(s), John Henry Alsop.
Spouse, Rosa Isabel (Worley) Alsop.
Leo enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 2997310.
Leo was KIA when the SS West Ives was torpedoed by the UBoat-125 of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on Feb. 26, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
Leo is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
(A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere)
Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1296.html
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship1296.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8RB-Z3C
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108462951/leo-james-alsop
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/
It’s a known fact that this was the first (Armed Guard) Crew that was lost due to an attack from the Germans in WWII (U-Boat U-125).
