Categorie: 1945

Rank and Name, Chief Boatswain’s Mate Charles Corbett Irvin.

Unit/Placed in, USS Facility  (AM-233) Minesweeper, United States Navy.

 

Charles is born on 21 September 1913 in Joplin, Missouri.

Father, Corbitt Irvin.

Mother, Dora Lee (Louisa) Irvin.

Spouse, Louis Nadine Irvin.

 

Charles enlisted the service in California with service number # 3417915.

 

Charles was KIA in the Okinawa assault by the Navy when they were attacked by various kamikaze who damaged the USS Facility on 28 March 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.

 

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

Courts of the missing.

Charles also has a Memorial Grave at Santa Fe National Cemetery

Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

 

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02233.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MVTS-MVG

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, Second Lieutenant Lee Taylor Irving.

Unit/Placed in, 874th Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

 

Lee is born on 29 March 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Father, Alma Lee Irving.

Mother, Anne Harris (Taylor) Irving.

Brother(s), Boy Irving.

Spouse, Geselia C. Irving.

 

Lee enlisted the service in Utah with service number # 0-445790.

 

Lee‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

1^st Lt.           John R. Baumann              Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Harold A. Hanney             Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Lee T. Irving                     Flight Engineer

2^nd Lt.          John Danielson                 Navigator

F/O.             Milton V. Reese                 Bombardier

T/Sgt.          Wilfred C. Guidrey             Radio Operator

Corp.            William D. Knott               Radar Operator

Corp.            James L. Stripling Jr.         Central Fire Control/Gunner

Corp.            John E. Soltis                    Left (waist) Gunner

Corp.            Felix H. Jasinski                Right (waist) Gunner

Corp.            Charles E. Shook                Tail Gunner

 

Lee was KIA when after the Mission they were badly damaged and shot by Enemy Fighters that they had to ditch the plane, it crashed at sea on,  14 Jan. 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Courts of the missing.

Lee also has a Memorial grave at West Jordan City Cemetery

West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

And Lee is mentioned at Memory Grove Memorial

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/498th_Bombardment_Group.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJ8-495

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, Sergeant Alfonso Gordon Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, 484th Bomber Squadron, 505th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

Alfonso is born on 25 Aug. 1917 in Drew, Arkansas.

Father, Joe Emmett Edwards.

Alfonso enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 37069803.

 

Alfonso‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

1^st Lt.           Walter H. Schroeder Jr.               Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Milton O. Truitt Jr.                     Co Pilot

2^nd Lt.          Herbert L. Schulman                   Navigator

2^nd Lt.          Robert F. Jefferies                       Bombardier

T/Sgt.          Arthur L. Burkhart                     Flight Engineer

Sgt.              Steve Bednar Jr.                        Radio Operator

Corp.            Francis C. Prestera                      Radar/Gunner

Sgt.              Alfonso G. Edwards                     Central Fire Control/Gunner

Corp.            Joseph J. Pilgrim                        Left Belly Gunner

Corp.            Edwin L. Minkwitz                      Right Belly Gunner

Corp.            Lewis R. Murzycki                       Tail Gunner

Alfonso was KIA when on the mission to Bomb the Nakajima Aircraft Factory, they were during the bombing attacked by several Enemy Planes on 10 Feb. 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

Alfonso also has a Memorial Grave at Union Ridge Cemetery #1

Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas, USA.

Thanks to,

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, Seaman Second Class Dan Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Franklin (CV-13) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Dan is born. on 1922 in Grayson, Virginia.

Father, John Dickenson Edwards.

Mother, Ruth Malinda (Higgins) Edwards.

Brother(s), Joe “Bill” Williams Edwards.

Dan enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 7826899.

Dan was KIA when the USS Franklin was hit by 2 Bombs from a Japanese airplane in the approach to the Japanese mainland on 19 May 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://ussfranklin.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6NG-X3Z

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, Fireman Second Class Carl Alvin Edwards.

Unit/Placed in, USS Morrison (DD-650) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Carl is born approx. on no record.

Carl enlisted the service in Idaho with service number # 9646745.

Carl was KIA when the USS Morrison on radar picket was shifted to a critical station where she was attacked by various Kamikazes, with 3 attacks she was severe damaged with the fourth a Japanese twin-float biplane crashed mis-ship she sunk on 30 April 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussmorrison/

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/