Rank and Name, Signalman Third Class Daniel Emery Allen.

Unit/Placed in,USS Grunion (SS-216) Submarine, United States Navy.

Daniel is born on Feb. 3, 1923 in Canton, Indiana.

Father, John Allen.

Mother, Hannah Allen.

Sister, Maggie Allen.

Brothers, Willie, George and Harald Allen.

enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 2874211.

Daniel was KIA when the American submarine USS Grunion was sunk, during a confrontation with the armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru, near the entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska. on July 30, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Daniel is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/allen-d-e.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/