Rank and Name, Ensign Howard Maynard Allen Jr.

Unit/Placed, Torpedo Squadron 12 (VT-12) based on the USS Randolph (CV-15), United States Naval Reserve.

Howard was born in, 1925 in Mobile, Alabama.

Father, Howard Maynard Allen.

Howard enlisted the service in Mississippi with service number # 0-363428.

Howard’s rank/duty was a Ensign flying with the Navy Torpedo Squadron VT-12 based on-board the USS Randolph CV-15.

Howard died during a crash in the Sea during a simulated attack on the Ship, on March 10, 1945, Ensign Howard M. Allen Jr. is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/15.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/