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Averill, Harry Leroy

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Harry LeRoy Averill.

Unit/Placed in, USS Louisville (CA-28) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Harry is born approx. on 1924 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Grandfather, A.L. Dare.

Grandmother, Grace M. Dare.

 

Harry enlisted the service in Iowa with service number # 8592238.

 

Harry was KIA when the USS Louisville was hit by a Mitshubishi KI-51 Kamikaze plane near Lingayen Gulf, Philippines on Jan. 6, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Harry is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.uscarriers.net/ssn724history.htm

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Buried on Sea
USS Louisville (CA-28) Cruiser
Part of the Crew
Just hit photo taken from the USS Salamaua
Damage from 2 Kamikaze hits
Japanese Mitshubishi KI-51
His rank Seaman First Class
USS Louisville shots in the fog