Categorie: Makin Island 1943

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Robert Dan Albrecht.

Unit/Placed in, USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Robert was born on June 19 1924 in Induanapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

Father, Walpole E. Albrecht.

Mother, Mary A. (Conway) Albrecht.

Sister, Nellie and Ann Albrecht.

Brother, Jerry Albrecht.

Robert enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 6277316.

Robert was KIA when the engine(room) was hit by a Torpedo, detonated the ammunition witch exploded and the ship sank, off the Makin Atoll, Gilbert Island on Nov.24, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/056.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov  http://navylog.navymemorial.org ,  Jean Louis Vijgen , Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Sean Cojenos, Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,  Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. : http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider, Armand Hendriks https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Rank and Name, Radioman Second Class (Aviation) Frank Lee Allen.

Unit/Placed in, Torpedo Squadron 39 (VC-39), base USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56).

Frank is born in 1922 in Oklahoma.

Father, Frank R. Allen.

Mother, Grace B. Allen.

Sisters, Arrowanna and Eva M. Allen.

Brothers, Thomas, Billie, Daryl and Vrgil Allen.

Frank enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 6252860.

Frank was KIA on-board the USS Liscome Bay when it was hit and Sunk by a Torpedo from a Japanese Submarine on Nov. 24, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Frank is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

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/