Rank and Name, Corporal William Earvil Avise.
Unit/Placed in, Headquarters Squadron 23, United States Marine Corps.
William is born approx. on 5 July, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Father, William E. Avise.
Mother, Dorothy (Culp) Avise.
Spouse, Darlene Avise.
William enlisted the service in Iowa with service number # 510757.
William died of complications from a Car accident on Midway Island on 21 Aug. 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Honolulu is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
