Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Edgar Arthur Allen.

Unit/Placed in, USS Spence  (DD-512) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Edgar is born on Dec. 13, 1912 in Marion, North Carolina.

Father, Ed F. Allen.

Mother, Stella E. Allen.

Sister, Cecile G. Allen.

Edgar enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 9319472.

Edgar died when the USS Spence Sunk in the Typhoon Cobra on Dec. 18, 1944, he is honored with a Combat action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Edgar also has a Memorial grave at Bellview Cemetery  Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA.

Thanks to 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/