Rank and Name, Lieutenant Junior Grade Howard Moss Carter.
Unit/Placed in, USS Halligan (DD-584) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Howard is born on 25 July 1917 in Henrico County, West Virgina.
Father, Edward Lee Carter.
Mother, Clara Elizabeth (Butler) Carter.
Sister(s), Doris Levina Carter.
Howard enlisted the service in West Virginia with service number # 0-227609.
Howard was KIA/MIA when the USS Halligan continued her offshore patrols when suddenly a tremendous explosion, the destroyer had hit a moored mine and sunk off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa on, 26 March 1945 he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Howard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Howard also has a Memorial Grave at Riverview Cemetery
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/05/584.htm
https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1940.html
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5ND-RL9
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
WW2 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/
