Rank and Name, Chief Machinist Mate Victor Harold Abbott.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Juneau (CL-52) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Victor is born  1919 in Seattle, Washington.

Father, John S. Abbott.

Born in England.

Mother, Mary H. Abbott.

Victor enlisted the service in Washington with serial # 4142915.

Victor Victor H. Abbott was Killed in Action on-board the USS Juneau (CL-52) when it sunk at Guadacanal, on Nov. 13, 1942, Chief Machinist Mate Victor H. Abbott  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Victor is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/ 

USS Juneau

Fearing more attacks from I-26, and wrongly assuming from the massive explosion that there were no survivors, the Helena and the San Francisco departed without attempting to rescue any survivors. In fact, more than 100 sailors had survived the sinking of the Juneau. The majority of the crew went down with the Juneau. Those that survived, were left to fend for themselves in the open ocean for eight days before rescue aircraft belatedly arrived. While awaiting rescue, all but 10 died from the elements and shark attacks, including the five Sullivan brothers.