Categorie: Java Sea 1942

Name and Rank, Storekeeper Third Class Jewel Junior Ukena.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy United States Navy.

 

Jewel was born approx. on Sep. 15, 1915 in Missouri.

 

Father, John C. Ukena.

Mother, Iva M. (Lamley) Ukena.

Sisters, Ruby L., Anna P., Opal M, Maeie and Wilma Ukena.

 

Jewel  entered  the service from California with service number # 3760393.

 

Jewel J. Ukena was a Storekeeper in the United States Navy.

 

Jewel was KIA when the USS Houston was attacked by numerous Japanese Planes and got hit at one of the Turrets in the Battle of Makassar Strait, on 1 March 1942, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Jewell is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,

National Capital Region, Philippines.

He also has a Memorial Grave at IOOF Cemetery, Golden City, Barton County, Missouri, USA.

 

Thanks to http://www.usshouston.org/

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CA-30.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Storekeeper Third Class John Wilson Bachert.

Unit/Placed in, USS Langley (AV-3) Carrier, United States Navy.

 

John is born approx. on 1923 in Louisiana.

Father, John H. Bachert.

Mother, Juli M. (Poimboeuf) Bachert.

Sister(s), Mildred A and Clara B. Bachert.

Brother(s), Milton B. Bachert.

 

John enlisted the service in Louisiana with service number # 2744370.

 

John was KIA when the USS Langley got bombed and Sunk in the Java Sea, on Feb. 27, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/01.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Chief Quartermaster Ray Charley Ayers.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

 

Ray is born approx. on 9 Oct. 1908 in Roanoke, Virginia.

Father, Walter E. Ayers Sr.

Mother, Annie L. (Cheek) Ayers.

Sister(s), Mary R. Elsie M. Grace L. and Gladys H. Ayers.

Brother(s), Andrew W. William O. Roy E. James A. and Walter E. Ayers Jr.

Spouse, Marie T. Ayers.

 

Ray enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 2654450.

 

Ray was KIA when the USS Houston was attacked by numerous Japanese Planes and got hit at one of the Turrets in the Battle of Makassar Strait, on 1 March 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.usshouston.org/

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CA-30.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Verne Perry Augustine.

Unit/Placed in, Air Corps (13^th Pursuit Squadron), United States Army Air Force.

 

He was boarded on the USS Langley (CV-1) who was attacked by the Japanese  Air Force, because of the damage, then transported to the USS Edsall (DE-219) what was attacked and sunk by the Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942.

 

Verne is born approx. on 7 Aug. 1918 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Father, Perry O. Augustine.

Mother, Elsie Mae (Capes) Augustine.

Sister(s), Mildred F. Augustine.

 

Verne enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 0-427580.

 

Verne was KIA when the USS Edsall was attacked by a Japanese navy on 1 March 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Verne 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 Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/alpha_pages/e/uss_edsall_dd219_roll_of_honor.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Horace Conrad Atkinson.

Unit/Placed in, (Air Corps) 13th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional), United States Army Air Force.

 

Horace C. Atkinson was with the 13th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) and there plane’s on transport to Java with the USS Langley when she was sunk, survivors when’d with the USS Edsall to Christmas Island, but this Ship also was attacked and sunk on the same day.

 

Horace is born approx. on 9 Feb. 1918 in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania.

Father, D. W. Atkinson.

Mother, Rachel C. Atkinson.

Brother(s), D. W. Atkinson Jr.

 

Horace enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 0-428463.

 

Horace was KIA onboard the USS Edsall as a survivor from the USS Langley for Transport when she was attacked and Sunk by the Japanese Navy on 1 March 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://uss-edsall.tumblr.com/post/175126062600/uss-edsall-dd-219-final-muster-roll-list-of

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Carl Dean Atkison.

Unit/Placed in, USS Pillsbury (DD-227) Destroyer, United States Navy.

 

Carl is born approx. on 15 April 1918 in Missouri.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Carl enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 3285986.

 

Carl was KIA when the USS Pillsbury Sunk by a Japanese surface action in the Bali Strait, on March 2, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Chief Quartermaster Earl Miles Robertson Askew.

Unit/Placed in, USS Asheville (PG-21) Gunboat, United States Navy.

 

Earl is born approx. on 8 March 1908 in Worchester, Massachusetts.

Father, Edward R. Askew.

Mother, Elizabeth G. Askew.

Sister(s), Alice S. Gertrude S. and Helen R. Askew.

Brother(s), Earl R. Askew Jr.

Spouse, Ola May (Edgar) Askew.

 

Earl enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 2121568.

 

Earl was KIA when the USS Asheville was attacked by 2 Japanese Destroyers south of Java and Sunk (Indian Ocean) on March 3, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Earl 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/12/09021.htm

https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=PublicUnitProfile&type=Unit&ID=2537

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Ensign John Ross Asdell.

Unit/Placed in, USS Langley (AV-3) Carrier, United States Navy.

 

John is born approx. on 15 July, 1920 in Glenn County, California.

Father, Earl S. Asdell.

Mother, Harriet M. (Millsaps) Asdell.

 

John enlisted the service in California with service number # 0-096441.

 

John was KIA when the USS Langley got bombed and Sunk in the Java Sea, on Feb. 27, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Steward Third Class Andres Arquilla.

Unit/Placed in, USS Pillsbury (DD-227) Destroyer, United States Navy.

 

Andres is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Siblings no record available.

Wife, Vincente J. Arquilla.

 

Andres enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # 4977398.

 

Andres was KIA when the USS Pillsbury Sunk by a Japanese surface action in the Bali Strait, on March 2, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, American Defense Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Rank and Name, Electrician’s Mate Third Class Max William Arnold.

Unit/Placed in, USS Pillsbury (DD-227) Destroyer, United States Navy.

 

Max is born approx. on 26 Aug. 1921 in Nebraska.

Father, Haven M. Arnold.

Mother, Hazel P. (Farer) Arnold.

Sister(s), Wanda M. Norma and Anna M. Arnold.

Brother(s), Hal M. Billy B. Roy G. and Roy Arnold.

 

Max enlisted the service in Nebraska with service number # 3165723.

 

Max was KIA when the USS Pillsbury Sunk by a Japanese surface action in the Bali Strait, on March 2, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com