Midway Island 1942 – Pagina 2

Alderman, Raymond Alfred

Rank and Name, Fireman Third Class Raymond Alfred Alderman.

Unit/Placed in, USS Yorktown (CV-5) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Raymond was born on, 1924 in Jonben, Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Father, Charles H. Alderman.

Mother, Linda Alderman.

Sisters, Shirley, Ollie and Ethel Alderman.

Brothers, Clinton, Walter and Edward H. Alderman.

Raymond enlisted the Navy in West Virginia with service number # 6580568.

Raymond was KIA during the Battle of Midway when the ship sunk due to a air attack, on May 8, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CV-5.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/

Adams, Otto Frank

Rank and Name, Fireman First Class Otto Frank Adams.

Unit/Placed in, USS Yorktown (CV-5) Carrier, United States Navy.

Otto was born in 1922 in Michigan.

Father, Frank Adams.

Mother, Anna Adams.

Otto entered the Service from Michigan with servicenumber # 3001431.

Otto was KIA when the ship Sunk in the Battle of Midway, on June 7, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

He has a Memorial Marker at Iron Mountain Cemetery Park, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County,
Michigan, USA.
Plot: MOGHKOMA.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/05.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/

Abercrombie, William Warner

Abercrombie, Wiliam Warner

Rank and Name, Ensign William Warner Abercrombie.

Unit/Placed in on, VT-8 (Torpedo Squadron) Based USS. Hornet (CV-8), United States Naval Reserve.

William is born in 1914 in, Oregon.

Father, Carl W. Abercrombie.

Mother, Crace Abercrombie.

William enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 0-098514.

William was KIA on the mission to Midway, when the was shot down on June 4, 1942, Ensign William W. Abercrombie is honored with a Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart, Navy Cross Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

William’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a DBD-Devestator were;

No Record.

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts 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/

Fifteen planes of Torpedo Squadron 8 took off from the U.S.S. Hornet on June 4, carrying 30 officers and enlisted gunners. All were shot down and Ensign George Gay was the only survivor, watching the battle unfold from beneath a flotation device until rescued. All fifteen pilots received the Navy Cross (14 of them posthumously), and their enlisted gunners all received posthumous awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross.

This happened during the Battle for Midway.

Adams, James Wilbur

Rank and Name, Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class James Wilbur Adams.

Unit/Placed in on, Squadron VP44-12 “Golden Pelicans”.

James is born in 1925 in Alameda County, California.

Mother, Henrietta (Ackerman) Adams .

James enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 6186451.

James was KIA on the mission a mission when the plane was shot down at the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

James crew-members and their position on-board the plane a PBYB-Catalina were;

Ltjg. Robert S. Whitman Pilot

Ensign Walter H. Mosley Co Pilot

Aom2. Philip L. Fulghum Bombardier/Bow Gunner

Ensign Lee C. McCleary Navigator

Arma. James W. Adams Radio Operator

Amm1. Ruel V. Marsh Flight Engineer

Ensign Jack H. Camp Observer

Amm3. Clarence J. Norby Jr Gunner

RM3. William H. O “Farrell Gunner

Amm2 John C. Weeks Gunnur

James is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.