Rank and Name, Cook Third Class William Ameker.
Unit/Placed in, USS PGM-18(Submarine Chaser), United States Naval Reserve.
USS PGM-18
Was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat built for the United States Navy during World War II. It was built and originally commissioned as USS PC-1255, a PC-461-class submarine chaser, and was decommissioned and converted in late 1944. USS PGM-18 struck a mine off the coast of Okinawa in April 1945; 13 men lost their lives when PGM-18 sank.
William Ameker is born approx. on no record in New York.
Father, James Ameker.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
William enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 5524936.
William was KIA when the PGM-18 was stuck in a minefield an some went off on April 8, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal Navy, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/011255.htm
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132307
http://www.ww2pcsa.org/patrol-gunboat-motor.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
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
