Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Roy Lee Adkison.

Unit/placed on, USS Enterprise (CV-6) Carrier, United States Navy.

Roy was born  on 1924 in  Hico, Hamilton County,Texas .

Father, Roy L. Adkison.

Mother, Cleo H. (Murphy) Adkison.

Sisters, Iona O. and Maud E. Adkison.  

Brother, Arthy Adkison.

Roy entered  the Service from Texas with service-number # 3567341.

Roy was KIA during the Battle for the Eastern Solomons when the USS Enterprise was hit several time’s, on Aug. 24, 1942, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Roy 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/