Rank and Name, Mess Attendant First Class Charles Allen Jackson.
Unit/Placed in, USS San Francisco (CA-38) Cruiser, United States Navy.
Charles is born approx. on 1923 in Alabama.
Father, Joe Jackson.
Mother, Lillie Jackson.
Sister(s), Lillie Jackson.
Brother(s), Kizer Jackson.
Charles enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 2723830.
Charles was KIA in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when the Japanese Battlecruiser Kirishima opened Fire on the USS San Francisco on Nov. 13, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/CA38/GuadalcanalDamageRpt.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
