Rank and Name, Sergeant Charles Freedeman Alston Jr.
Unit/Placed in, Air Corps (375th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group).
The group was assigned to the 14th Air Force and made many trips over the ‘Hump’ between India and China to obtain gasoline, bombs, spare parts, and other items they needed to prepare for and sustain their combat operations. The 308th supported Chinese ground forces; attacked airfields, coal yards, docks, oil refineries and fuel dumps in French Indochina; mined rivers and ports; bombed maintenance shops and docks at Rangoon, Burma; attacked Japanese shipping in the East China Sea, Formosa Strait, South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin.
Charles is born approx. on Aug. 29, 1921 in Swisher County, Texas.
Father, Charles F. Alton.
Mother, Aleta (Hightower) Alton.
Charles enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 38415648.
Charles’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a B-24 were,
2nd Lt. Walter O. Kaestner Pilot
2nd Lt. John J. Apsega Co Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold R. Crawford Navigator
2nd Lt. Donald H. Bassit Bombardier
S/Sgt. William H. Luebbers Engineer
S/Sgt. William P. Smith Radio Operator
Sgt. James D. Mann Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Hobert G. Jones Left Waist Gunner
Sgt. Thomas I. Young Right Waist Gunner
Sgt. Charles F. Alton Jr. Tail Gunner
Charles died no record on May 22, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/index.htm
http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/index.html
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
