Allison, Donald Willis

Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Second Class Donald Willis Allison.

Unit/Placed in, USS Little (DD-803) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Donald is born approx. on Feb. 13, 1910 in Springfield Township, Ohio.

Father, Willis D. Allison.

Mother, Ellen D. (Bourquin) Allison.

Sister(s), Mildred, Doris and Marion L. Allison.

Brother(s), Milard L. Edgar D. Herbert and Russell Allison.

Spouse, Estella Flightner.

Donald enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 6268922.

Donald was KIA by the various Kamikaze attacks on the USS Little on May 3, 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.

Donald is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Shiffler Cemetery, Pulaski, Williams County, Ohio, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/803.htm

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