Rank and Name,  Aviation Metalsmith Third Class Laurent Somers Aden.

Unit/placed on, USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Laurent was born  in 1922 Ohio.

Father, Lawrence E. Aden.

Mother, Adele Aden.

Sister, Jean Aden.  

Brother, Douglas Aden.

Laurent entered  the Service from Ohio with service-number # 126127.

Laurent was KIA when the USS Liscome Bay got torpedoed by a U-Boat and Sunk, on Nov, 24, 1943,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Laurent is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/history-up-close/sinking-uss-liscome-bay/ 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/