Rank and Name,Seaman Second Class Harry Aloysious Akermann.

Unit/Placed in,USS Missessenwa (DD-533) Oiler, United States Naval Reserve.

Harry is born on 1897 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Wife, Lena Akermann.

Harry enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2495909.

Harry was KIA when the USS Missessewa was sunk by an Japanese Kaiten (manned torpedo), on Nov. 20, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/AO-59.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/