Rank and Name, Signalman First Class Salvador Torrez Alvarez.
Unit/Placed in, USS YMS-409, Mine-Sweeper, United States Navy.
On September 13th, 1944, U.S. motor minesweeper YMS-409 founders and sinks in a storm, off the Atlantic Coast. YMS-409 and her 33 men are believed to have gone down roughly 3 miles East of Cape Hatteras.
Salvador is born approx. on 1920 in California.
Father, Macario Alvarez.
Mother, Jessie Alvarez.
Parents born in Mexico.
Sister(s), Thomasa, Aurora and Beatrice Alvarez.
Brother(s), Ernesto and Harry Alvarez.
Salvador enlisted the service in California with service number # 3824906.
Salvador died when the YMS-409 was foundered and sunk in the Hurricane on 13 Sep. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Salvador is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19409.htm
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13960
http://www.desausa.org/images5/great_atlantic_hurricane_september_1944.htm
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/
