Categorie: Guadacanal and the Solomon Island 1944

Rank and Name, Sergeant Samuel Gammon Allen Jr..

Unit/Placed in, Marine Fighting Squadron (Night) 531 (VFM(N)-531, United States Marine Corps.

Samuel is born 1903 in Michigan.

Wife, Gladys Allen.

Daughter, Margarite Allen.

Sons, Samuel and William Allen.

Samuel enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 430233.

Samuel’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a Lockheed Ventura 1 were,

1^st Lt. Marion M. Pierce     Pilot/Radio Operator

Sgt.    Samuel G. Allen       Bombardier/Engineer

Cpl.     Petie H. Barber       Top Turret Gunner

Pfc.     William. K. Massey   Dorsal Gunner

Samuel died in a Collision with a other PV-1 both crashed and lost the entire crew near Vella LaVella Island, Solomon Islands on March 21, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Distinguished Unit Citation, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to https://archive.is/20070927042221/http://home.inreach.com/trinity/VMFA-531%20History.html https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/pv-1/33079.html Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, 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/

Rank/Name, Steward’s Mate Third Class Milledge R. Adams.

Unit/placed, USS South Dakota (BB-57) Battleship, United States Navy.

Milledge was born  in 1906 in South Carolina.

Father, Melton Adams.

Wife, Mary N. Adams

Milledge entered  the service from South Carolina with service # 5520178.

Milledge was KIA during the Naval Battle of Guadacanal when the USS South Dakota was hit 26 time’s , on June 6, 1944, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing, Buried at Sea.

Thanks to  http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/57a.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov  http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,   Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. Info: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  and Jean Louis Vijgen.