Categorie: 1943

Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Third Class Everett Hardin Almond.

Unit/Placed in, Navy Scouting Patrol Squadron 66 (VS-66).

 

Everett is born approx. on Nov. 24, 1921 in Blackwell, Oklahoma.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Aunt, Bessie Ortwein.

 

Everett enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 3563103.

 

Everett ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a Vought OS2U Kingfisher were,

LtJg.         Arthur G. Reading              Pilot

Arm1.       Everett H. Almond              Radioman

 

Everett died when the airplane had an engine failure and the crashed in Sea  on May 16, 1943, he is honored with a Navy & Marine Corps Medal (posthumous), Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Courts 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

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

Website,

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

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

 

Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Irineo Madrid Almazan.

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

 

Irineo is born approx. on no record in.

Brother(s), Venancio Almazan.

 

Irineo enlisted the service in California with service number # 3777580.

 

Irineo was KIA when the USS Liscome Bay was hit by a Torpedo from the Japanese Sub I-175 and Sunk on Nov. 24, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Courts 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

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

Website,

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

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

 

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Ralph George Almond.

Unit/Placed in, Air Corps, 40^th Ferry Squadron.

 

Ralph is born approx. on Dec. 11, 1919 in Milburn, New Jersey.

 

Father, Henry D. Almond.

Mother, Catherine L. (Hankins) Almond.

Sister, Mildred Almond.

Brother, Harold Almond.

 

Ralph enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 0-798410.

 

Ralph’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

2^nd Lt. Ralph G. Almond               Pilot

2^nd Lt. Robert C. Schipplock          Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. Edward G. Repar              Navigator

2^nd Lt. Francis A. Damm               Bombardier

T/Sgt. Merlin E. Tracy                 Engineer

T/Sgt. Richard T. Collins              Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Eugene T. Thornton           Asst. Engineer

S/Sgt. Robert F. Tucciiarone         Asst. Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Albert W. Samuelson          Gunner

S/Sgt. William W. Evans              Asst. Gunner

 

Ralph was KIA no record on Sep. 25, 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Courts of the missing.

He also he is Mentioned, Body buried at sea, Specifically: Pacific Ocean between Fiji Islands and Australia.

 

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

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

Website,

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

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

The unit was activated as the 40th Ferrying (later, Transport) Squadron under Ferrying (later Air Transport) Command at Canton Island Airport, Gilbert Islands, in August 1942. It ferried various aircraft, including A-20s, B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, B-26s, P-38s, P-40s, C-46s, and C-47s, to destinations in the Pacific Theater. The squadron also provided a maintenance service for transient aircraft until inactivated on 30 September 1943.