Coral Sea 1942 – Pagina 3

Cooper, Claude Cornelius

Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Claude Cornelius Cooper.

Unit/Placed in, USS Neosho (AO-23) Oiler, United States Navy.

Claude is born approx. on Dec. 31, 1905 in Alabama.

Wife, Ethel (Rowell) Cooper.

Claude enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 2717323.

Claude was KIA during the Battle of the Coral Sea she was attacked and set alight, but managed to keep afloat on May 11, 1942, 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.

Claude 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 Carolina Baptist Church Cemetery

Covington County, Alabama, USA.

Thanks to 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

Hendriks Webdesign, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Allen, Edward Henry

Rank and Name, lieutenant Edward Henry Allen.

Unit/Placed in, Scouting Squadron 2 (VS-2), based on the USS Lexington CV-2.

Edward is born on March 2, 1908 in Pekin, North Dakota.

Father, Henry A. Allen .

Mother, Marna N. (Devoe) Allen.

Sister, Elizabeth O. Allen.

Edward enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 0-070223.

Edward was KIA when his plane was shot by Enemy Fighters during the Battle of the Coral Sea on March 7, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart with Gold Star, Navy Cross, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/Airgroups/CV-2.html 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/

Allen, Edward E.

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Junior Grade Edward E. Allen.

Unit/Placed in on, Scouting Squadron 2, based in the USS Lexington (CV-2).

Edward is born in 1908 in Wamduska, North Dakota.

Father, Henry A. Allen.

Mother, Marna M. Allen.

Edward enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 0-070223.

Edward was KIA when he was shot down by a Japanese Fighter in the Battle for Coral Sea on May 7, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, American Defense Medal with Star, Navy Cross with Star, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

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/