Rank and Name, Private First Class Albert Anthony Davis.
Unit/Placed in, USS Helena (CL-50) Cruiser, United States Marine Corps.
Albert is born approx. on 9 Dec. 1921 in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Albert enlisted the service in Louisiana with service number # 369700.
Albert was KIA in the Battle of Kula Gulf when the USS Helena got hit and Sunk by 3 Torpedo’s from the Japanese Navy on 6 July 1943, 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.
Albert is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/helena-cl-50-ii.html
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
