Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Charles Keith Neal.
Unit/Placed in, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.
Charles is born approx. on Dec. 3, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Father, Alvin O. Neal.
Mother, Edith (Adams) Neal.
Brother(s), Ralph W. Glen B. Foster E. George K. Estel B. William H. Ivan B. and Edgar N. Neal.
Charles enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 2940098.
Charles was KIA when a Torpedo Hit the USS Indianapolis and sunk on July 30, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, 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,
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
