Rank and Name, Ensign John Elton Avery.
Unit/Placed in, Bombing Squadron 15 (VB-15), United States Navy.
John is born approx. on 1 Oct. 1922 in Kingston, Pennsylvania.
Father, Edward T. Avery.
Mother, Gladys Avery.
Sister(s), Alexia J. Avery.
John enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 0-315131.
John on the mission to bomb Japanese targets during the battle of the Visayas, and he was shot by Anti-Aircraft on 11 Nov. 1944, 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.
John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
