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Rank and Name, Bugler First Class Charles Wilbur Alford.
Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Battleship, United States Navy.
Charles is born in 1926 in Kansas.
Parents and Siblings, No Record available.
Charles enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 421212.
Charles was KIA when the USS Houston was sunk by the Japanese Naval Forces in the Battle of Sunda Straight, on March 1, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
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