Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Alfred Ludwig Aven.
Unit/Placed in, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division “Statue of Liberty “.
Alfred is born approx. on 1912 in New York.
Father, A. Leon Aven.
Born in Germany.
Alfred enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32256258.
Alfred died of wounds sustained during the Fights with the Japanese over Valencia, Philippines on Dec. 15, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman ship Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alfred is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, http://77thinfdivroa.org/aboutus/History.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
