Rank and Name, Seaman First Class George William Alley.

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

George is born approx. on Nov. 5, 1926 in Ohio.

Mother, Mary E. (Crosthwait) Alley.

Sisters, Armilda, Ida M. Louisa, Fannie R. Elva C. and Iva M. Alley.

Brothers, Ambrose C. Zahary T. and Judge J. Alley.

George enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 6136400.

George was died when the USS Spence was foundered in the Tropical storm Typhoon Cobra on Dec. 18, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Church Cemetery

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/512.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Air-Force, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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