Rank and Name, Signalman Second Class Max Joseph Allred.
Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Battleship, United States Navy.
Max is born approx. on Feb. 7, 1920 in Eureka, Utah.
Father, George L. Allred.
Mother, Reta (Knight) Allred.
Sister(s), Catherine Allred.
Brother(s), Kenneth Allred.
Max enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 3683821.
Max was KIA when the ship was sunk by the Japanese Naval Forces in the Battle of Sunda Straight, on March 1, 1942, 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.
Max is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.
ake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Thanks to,
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
