Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Dorvis Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Quincy (CA-39) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Dorvis is born 1929 in Pinetucky, Georgia.

Father, Melvin Allen.

Mother, Sarah Allen.

Brother, Corris Allen.

Dorvis enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 2688539.

Dorvis was KIA during a attack by several vessels from the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Savo Island on Aug. 9, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/039/04039.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/