Rank; Signalman First Class Clyde William Albee Jr.

Unit/placed; USS Asheville (PG-21) Patrol Gunboat, United States Navy .

Clyde was born on Dec. 27, 1917 in Leominster, Worcster County, Massachusetts.

Father, Clyde W. Albee.

Stepfather, Thomas Hepburn Jr.

Mother, Marguerite C. (Cragin) Albee.

Brother, Hobart A. Albee.

Clyde entered the Service from Rhode Island with service number # 2124061.

Clyde was KIA when his boat Sunk south at Java Sea by Japanese Destroyers, on March 3, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09021.htm 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/