Rank and Name, Quartermaster Third Class Defoie Allison.
Unit/Placed in, USS Corvina (SS-226) Submarine, United States Naval Reserve.
Defoie is born approx. on July 20, 1922 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Father, Dolph A. Allison.
Mother, Beatrice (Sizemore) Allison.
Sister(s), June Allison.
Brother(s), Bennie L. Allison.
Spouse, Eva M. (Cannon) Allison.
Defoie enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 5524830.
Defoie was KIA when the USS Corvina was Sunk South off Truk Island by the Japanese Submarine I-176 on Nov. 16, 1943, 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.
Defoie is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08226.htm
https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=602
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
