Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Ernest Lee Yardley.
Unit/Placed in, USS Vulcan (AR-5) Repair ship, United States Naval Reserve.
Ernest is born approx. on 31 Jan. 1927 in Missouri.
Father, Earnest Price Yardley.
Mother, Constance Lilian (Williams) Yardley.
Sister(s), Betty Jean Crowdis and Mary Ann (Yardley) King.
Brother(s), Arthur Earl and William Wayne Yardley.
Ernest enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 3434091.
Ernest died in an accident, he fell overboard and drowned at Leyte gulf on 11 Aug. 1945, and was buried there on 14 Aug. 1945, he is honored with a good combat ribbon, good conduct medal, American campaign medal, WWII victory medal.
Ernest was first buried in a Burial near Leyte Gulf, but is later (1948) reburied at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vulcan_(AR-5)
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
WW2 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/
