Categorie: Indonesia 1945

Rank and Name, Aviation Ordnance man Third Class Auckland Marston Banks.

Unit/Placed in, Patrol Bombing Squadron 130 (VPB-130), United States Navy.

 

Auckland is born on 12 December 1923 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.

Father, Percival McLaren Banks.

Mother, Ethel Elizabeth Banks.

Divorced in 1942.

Sister(s), Ethel Margarite Banks.

Brother(s), Percival Jr. and John Ainsworth Sr. Banks.

 

Auckland enlisted the service in Florida with service number # 8300534.

 

Auckland ‘s crew-members on-board the plane a Lockheed PV-1- were,

Lt.               Richard V. Umprhey          Pilot

Ensign          James W. McCaslin

Amm2.         Louis A. Murie

Arm3.          Alvin Greenfield

Arm3.          O.A. Dillon

Aom3.          Auckland M. Banks

 

Auckland was KIA/MIA when the failed to return from a sector patrol near Morotai, Indonesia on 12 February 1945, he is honored with an Disguised Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1772708

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8G6-R1D

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

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

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

TWS Roll of Honor, togetherweserved.com

Rank and Name, Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class William Ireland.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bullhead (SS-332) Submarine, United States Navy.

 

William is born on 11 April 1917 in Vigo County, Indiana.

Spouse, Laurantina Victoria Ireland.

 

William enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 2917237.

 

William was KIA when the USS Bullhead was sunk at the west end of Lombok Strait by an Air attacked on 6Aug. 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/ireland-w.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

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

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Rank and Name, Ensign Ralph Eugene Atz.

Unit/Placed in, Patrol Bombing Squadron 121 (VPB-121), United States Naval Reserve.

 

Ralph is born approx. on 24 Dec. 1922 in Milltown, Indiana.

Father, George F. Atz.

Mother, Eliza J. (Hammond) Atz.

Sister(s), Mabel E. Ella K. Crystal and Mary Atz.

Brother(s), August J. Edward F. and Charles F. Atz.

 

Ralph enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 0-363829.

 

Ralph‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a PB4Y-2 were,

Lt.               William McElwee Jr.          Pilot

Ltjg.             Richard L. Vannice

Ens.             Ralph E. Atz

Aom1.          Joseph T. Houser

S1.               Frank E. Marstiller

S1.               Calvin C. Weiss

Amm2.         Clinton C. Gibbany

Aom 2.         Levi Siscoe

Aom3.          Homer P. Garrison

Arm3.          Dan M. Gibbons Jr.

Amm3.         Arthur H. Hill

Arm3.          William E. Roarty

 

Ralph was KIA when made a Second Pass over the target the were hit by Anti-Aircraft fire before dropping their Fragmentation Bomb, the plane caught on Fire broke in 2 and crashed on 7 March, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential 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.

 

Thanks to, https://books.google.nl/books?id=wjVPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA440&lpg=PA440&dq=BUNO:+59477&source=bl&ots=ioALsvmBgY&sig=ACfU3U009SVu-TSgU2k7_EQkLBzBYjRmrw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWpee0yersAhUPzaQKHa-ED5MQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=BUNO%3A%2059477&f=false

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

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

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

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Robert Gale Ashby.

Unit/Placed in, 371st Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Group, Heavy.

 

Robert is born approx. on 1924 in Oklahoma.

Father, Otis E. Ashby Sr.

Mother, Gladys I. (Croft) Ashby.

Sister(s), Muriel J. and Lilia C. Ashby.

Brother(s), Donald C. and Otis E. Ashby Jr.

 

Robert enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 18163229.

 

Robert ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were,

1^st Lt.          James W. Line                 Pilot

2^nd Lt.         Perry Verhage                 Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.         John E. Norbeck               Navigator

2^nd Lt.         Joseph E. Chandler           Bombardier

T/Sgt.          William F. Hedges             Engineer

S/Sgt.          William H. Monahan III       Asst. Engineer

T/Sgt.          William D. Duplechain        Radior Operator

S/Sgt.          Robert G. Ashby               Asst. Radio Operator

S/Sgt.          Harry G. Monette             Gunner

S/Sgt.          Louis J. Nicholas               Gunner

Pvt.             Stephen Prelipsky             Photographer

Robert was KIA (no record) there was after Take-off no more radio contact with the plane on 27 February 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls 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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

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

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

Rank and Name, Major Herman F. Antonini.

Unit/Placed in, Headquarters Squadron, Far East Air Service Command.

 

Herman is born approx. on June 4, 1915 in. Indiana.

Father, Fred Antonini.

Mother, Jennie Anthonini.

Brother(s), Edmund Antonini.

 

Herman enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 0-351875.

 

The Gremlin Special was a Douglas C-47 Skytrain that crashed during a sightseeing flight for U.S. service members over the Baliem Valley (?Shangri-La Valley?) in New Guinea in 1945.

 

Herman ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a C-47 were,

Colonel         Peter J Prossen                 Pilot

Major           George H. Nicholson        Co Pilot

S/Sgt.           Hilliard Norris                      Engineer

Pfc.              George B. Newcomer      Radio Operator

Pfc.              Melvin A. Mollberg             Asst. Engineer

 

1^st Lt.           Robert E. McCollom          Passenger

1^st Lt.           John S. McCollom              Passenger      Survived

Captain        Lewis E. Freyman             Passenger

Major           Philip J. Dattilo                    Passenger

1^st Lt.           ???? J. Holding                     Passenger

Captain        Herbert F. Good                Passenger

Major           Herman F. Antonini           Passenger

T/Sgt.          Kenneth W. Decker           Passenger      Survived

T/3.             Marion W. McMonagle      Passenger

S/Sgt.           Laura E. Besley                   Passenger

Sgt.              Belle G. Naimer                    Passenger

Sgt.              Helen C. Kent                        Passenger

Pfc.              Mary M. Landau                   Passenger

Pfc.              Eleanor P. Hanna                 Passenger

Pfc.              Marian C. Gillis                     Passenger

Pfc.              Alethia M. Fair                      Passenger

Corp.            Melvyn A. Weber               Passenger

Corp.            Margaret J. Hastings        Passenger        Survived

Corp.            Charles L. Miller                  Passenger

Herman died when there was no more radio-contact and they crashed on a mountain on May 13, 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, United States Aviator Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Maj. Antonini is one of 18 servicemen and women killed in an aircraft crash in a remote part of Papua New Guiana on May 13, 1945. Initially buried in field graves near the crash site, their remains were not recovered by the War Department until more than a decade after the war. Once recovered and identified, all 18 were interred as a group burial in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis. Missouri. Their names are permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

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

Walls of the missing.

And a Memorial Grave on the Website https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45700685/herman-f-antonini

 

Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/42-23952.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_New_Guinea_Gremlin_Special_rescue

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

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

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

 

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite

Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Second Class John Edward Andrews.

Unit/Placed in, Patrol Bombing Squadron 146 (VPB-146).

 

John is born approx. on 1924 in Michigan.

Mother, Leila Andrews.

Sister(s), Claudia Andrews .

Brother(s), William and Robert Andrews.

 

John enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 6226411.

 

John ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a Lockheed Ventura were,

LtJg.            William J. Decker              Pilot

LtJg.            Theodore J. Thornburg       Co Pilot

Amm1c.        Hazel Porter

Amm1c.        Elmer J. Carcia

Aom1c.         Robert G. Brockma

Arm2c.         John E. Andrews

 

John died when his plane did not return from the sector search on Oct, 29, 1945, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

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

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://navalaviationfoundation.org/donor-kiosk/squadron-flight-log-entry-kiosk/?id=15

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

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

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

Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Third Class Alden Pearl Anders.

Unit/Placed in, Scouting Bombing Squadron-111 (VPB-111), United States Naval Reserve.

 

Alden is born approx. on Oct. 20, 1924 in Clay County, Iowa.

Father, Charles P. Anders.

Mother, Wealthy E. (Doyle) Anders.

Sister(s), Margorie F.  Lois and Colleen Anders.

Brother(s), Mearl D.  and  Merwyn Anders.

 

Alden enlisted the service in Iowa with service number # 8599212.

 

Alden ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a PB4Y-1  were,

Lt Jg.           L. T. Bass

Lt Jg.           W. L. Dernberger

Ensign          P. B. Stretcher

Arm3c.         A. P. Anders

Arm1c.         R. H. Graham

Arm3c.         R.P. Kivitt

Amm3c.        R. W. Mitchell

Amm1c.        H. V. Philpott

Aom3c.         G. W. Pringle

Arm3c (T)    J. Regiac

Arm3c. (T)    W. A. Whitener

 

Alden died when they did not come back from a patrol from Makassar Straight, Indonesia on June 16, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Alden 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 Lone Tree Cemetery, Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.vp-21navy.org/AcrobatPDFFiles/Fifth%20VP-21.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=rugged%20beloved&epa=SEARCH_BOX

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

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

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

 

Names of the Crewmembers wit photo on Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=rugged%20beloved&epa=SEARCH_BOX