Rank and Name, Ensign Monte Hannaford Allard.
Unit/Placed in, Navy Bombing Squadron 87 (VB-87) Based on the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14).
Monte is born on Nov. 11, 1922 in Stites, Idaho.
Father, No Record.
Mother, Mabel C. Allard.
Monte enlisted the service in Idaho with service number # 0-395234.
Monte’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a SBD2C (Curtiss Helldiver) were,
Ens. Monte H. Allard Pilot
Arm3c. Robert W. Noall Gunner
Monte died when he landed and the plane sheaf on the Flight deck and went overboard on Sep. 2, 1945, he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Air Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Monte is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com