Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Charles Richard Alsup.
Unit/Placed in, USS Longshaw (DD-559) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Charles is born approx. on 1925 in Missouri.
Father, Elias S. Alsup.
Mother, Edna M. Alsup.
Sister(s), Ruth M. Alsup.
Brother(s), John F. Alsup.
Charles enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 6298106.
Charles died in the Fire/Explosions on board the USS Longshaw after the Japanese shore batteries opened fire on May 18, 1945, 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.
Charles 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
