Rank and Name, Private Everett W. Allred.
Unit/Placed in, 228th Signal Operations Company.
POW Camp Chikko
The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.
He was until his transport in Camp Cabanatuan.
On Sep. 20, 1943 Pvt. Allred went on Transport with the “Hellship Taga Maru” to POW Camp Osaka (main Chikko), Japan
Were he died from various diseases, 8 mth. Later.
On November 9th, 1943, US submarine Sargo (SS-188) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Taga Maru (2868 GRT
Everett is born approx. on May 7, 1913 in Morris, Oklahoma.
Father, Vard J. Allred.
Mother, Lula B. (Raydon) Allred.
Sister(s), Ola, Gladys V. and Mildred V. Allred.
Brother(s), Lloyd, Alva, and Andrew L. Allred.
Everett enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 6576625.
Everett died as a POW in Camp Chikko on May 5, 1944, he is honored with a POW Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Everett is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, http://americanpowsofjapan.blogspot.com/2012/10/ten-days-in-october.html
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?178494
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