Rank and Name, Aviation Chief Ordananceman Avery Wayman Abram.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) Carrier, United States Navy.

Avery is born in 1920 in Oklahoma.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Avery enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 35644734.

Avery was KIA when they shot a Kamikaze who fell on the flight-deck caused fires that exploded the ammunition supplies on Oct, 30, 1944, Aviation Chief Ordananceman Avery W. Abram is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.navysite.de/cvl/cvl24.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.nla