Categorie: Places Unknown 1944

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Stanley L. Alexander.

Unit/Placed in, 17^th Photograpic Squadron, 4^th Reconnaissance Group.

Stanley was born in 1923 in, Kansasa.

Father, Charles L. Alexander.

Mother, Winnie P. (Denney) Alexander.

Brother, Marcus L. Alexander.

Stanley enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # O-753584.

Stanley died during a Test-Flight , on Aug. 28, 1944, he is honored with a Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Stanley 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 Prairie Hill Cemetery , Jackson County, Oklahoma, USA.

Thanks to http://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/4th_Reconnaissance_Group.cfm  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/

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Roy A. B. Allen Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 25^th Bomber Squadron, 40^th Bomber Group (Very Heavy).

Roy is born on Feb. 15, 1919 in Cleburne, Texas.

Father, Roy A. B. Allen.

Mother, Zula M. (Zimmerman) Allen.

Roy enlisted the Army Air Force in Texas with service number # O-8644895.

Roy’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were;

Capt.   Howard L. Gerber             Pilot

1st Lt. Robert W. Conway             Co Pilot

1st Lt. Charles J. Lancaster          Navigator

1st Lt. Roy A. B. Allen Jr.             Engineer

1st Lt. Stacy B. Hall                    CA

S/Sgt. Theodore A. Birkmaier       Radio Operator

Sgt.    William T. Blank               Central Fire Control

Sgt.    James M. McCarthy           Radar Operator

Sgt.    Allen J. Rice                     Gunner

T/Sgt. James a. Vermillion           Tail Gunner

1st Lt Irving Burness                  Passenger

Roy was KIA when the plane exploded in midair over Rangoon, Burma, when mixed bombs exploded while on mission to Bangkok, Thailand on Dec. 14, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.40thbombgroup.org/ 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 and Name, First Lieutenant (Co Pilot C-46) Charles Martin Adams.

Unit/Placed in on, 1328^th Air Force Base Unit.

Charles is born in 1919 in Camden, New Jersey.

Father, Paul Adams.

Mother, Edith Adams.

Charles enlisted the U.S.Army in New Jersey with service number # O-500355.

Charles died, the plane took off from Chanyi, China on a flight to Misamari, India. They crashed near Kayi Ligok, India possibly due to bad weather conditions. The entire crew was lost on this flight. on 17 Sep. 1944, He is honored with a  Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Charles’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C-46 were;

2^nd Lt. Robert W. Tinsley Pilot

1^st Lt. Charles M. Adams Co Pilot

Pvt. Andrew E. Rajnic Radio Operator

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.cbi-history.com/part_ii.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/