Iwo Jima 1945 – Pagina 5

Albaugh, Ralph B.

Rank and Name,Second Lieutenant Ralph B. Albaugh.

Unit/Placed in,26th Bomber Squadron,11th Bomber Group (Heavy).

Ralph is born 1921 in Waco, Texas.

Father, Roy B. Albaugh.

Mother, Annah B. Albaugh.

Brother,William A. Albaugh .

Ralph enlisted the U.S.Army in Texas with service number # 0-765199.

Ralph’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 were;

1^st Lt. Herman L. E. Bierwirth Pilot

2^nd Lt. Ralph B. Albaugh Co-Pilot

2^nd Lt. Fiume C. Cascioli Navigator

2^nd LT. Harris G. Chaney Bombardier

T/Sgt. Napoleon A. McMullen Engineer

T/Sgt. Charles M. Finnigan Radio Operator

T/Sgt. Donald E. Bloedel Asst. Radio Operator

S/Sgt. Charles L. Conrad Asst. Engineer

S/Sgt. Johnnie O. Markham Armored Gunner

S/Sgt. Richard E. Carton Armored Gunner

S/Sgt. John B. van Valkenburg Radar Operator

Ralph was KIA during the Mission to Iwo-Jima when the plane was shot by Enemy Fighters and crashed on Feb. 8, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to http://11thbombgroup.org/ 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/

Adamson, Jessie Leroy

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Jessie Leroy Adamson.

Unit/placed on, Landing Ship Infantry LS(G)-471, United States Navy.

Jessie was born on Jan. 2, 1926 in Tecumesh, Pottawatomie County,Oklahoma.

Father, Jessie J. Adamson.

Mother, Ruby Adamson.

Sisters, Naomi R. Adamson.

Brothers, Raymond, Floyd, Edward, Eugene, Herman, James and Wilson Adamson.

Jessie entered the service from Oklahoma in Dec. 31, 1944 with service-number # 6717198.

Jessie was KIA when the ship was hit by the Enemy fire in the ammunition-box off the Iwo Jima Coast, on Feb. 17, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/15/150471.htm 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/