Edwards, Albert Allen – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Albert Allen Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Mount Hood (AE-11) Ammunition ship, United States Naval Reserve.

Albert is born on 1919 in New York.

Father, Albert Edwards.

Mother, Marie Edwards.

Sister(s), Claire, Elizabeth, Miriam and Dolores Edwards.

Brother(s), George, William and Vincent Edwards.

Albert enlisted the service in New York with service number # 8984607.

Albert died when nearly 4 Tons of ammunition aboard the USS Mount Hood exploded killing all Crewmembers and damaged more than 38 ships at Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island on 10 Nov. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat 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/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-039/h-039-5.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