Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate Second Class William E. Agatha.

Unit/placed in, USS Hovey (DMS-11) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

William was born  on Aug. 3, 1922 in Santa Clara County, California.

Father, William H. Agatha.

Mother, Katherine M. (Wright) Agatha.

Sisters, Agnes M. and Jacquelien J. Agatha.  

Brother, Gilbert G. Agatha.

William entered  the service from California with service-number # 3776699.

William was KIA  when the ship first was hit by an Kamikaze and then a Torpedo from the Japanese forces at Lingayen Gulf, on Jan .7, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

William 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/05/208.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/