Rank and Name, Ship’s Cook Second Class John Francisco Alfonso.

Unit/Placed, USS Belknap (APD-34) Destroyer, United States Navy.

John was born Georgia.

Mother, Sheryl W. Alin.

John enlisted the service in Florida with serial number # 5515374.

John F. Alfonso was Killed in Action during a kamikaze attack on the ship in the Lingayen Gulf Landings in Leyte, Philippines, on Jan. 11,  1945 and he is honored with a American Campaing Medal with Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon,and the WWII Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila,

Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to https://ussbelknap.wordpress.com 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/