Wilson, Charles King – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Charles King Wilson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Jarvis (DD-393) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Charles is born approx. on 10 June 1920 in Oklahoma.

Father, C. M. Wilson.

Charles enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 6700350.

Charles was KIA during the Battle of Savo, when the USS Jarvis was attacked by the Japanese Forces, Torpedoed it, the ship spilt and sunk on Aug. 9, 1942/died on, 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.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138435

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/digitized-collections/action-reports/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack/ships-d-l/uss-jarvis-dd-393-action-report.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.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