Rank and Name,Steward ‘s Mate First Class Fong Ah.

Unit/Placed in,USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United State Navy.

Fong is born in China.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Fong enlisted the U.S.Navy in China with service number # 4985126.

Fong was KIA when the USS Houston and HSM Perth came in attack against the Japanese Fleet in the Battle for Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Fong 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/ Hendriks  https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org