Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class James Elliot Gaston.
Unit/Placed in, USS YMS-409, Mine-Sweeper, United States Navy.
On September 12th, 1944, U.S. motor minesweeper YMS-409 founders and sinks in a storm, off the Atlantic Coast. YMS-409 and her 33 men are believed to have gone down roughly 3 miles East of Cape Hatteras.
James is born approx. on 18 Aug. 1924 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
Father, William Elliot Gaston.
Mother, Minnie Lee (Rhodes) Gaston.
Sister(s), Catherine (Gaston) Hare.
James enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 8373118.
James died when the YMS-409 was foundered and sunk in a Hurricane on 13 Sep. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Tablets of the Missing
James also has a Memorial Grave at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA.
Thanks to, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137056
http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19409.htm
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
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/
