1946 – Pagina 16 – ww2 Pacific

Davis, Arthur Edward

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Arthur Edward Davis.

Unit/Placed in, USS Buck (DD-420) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Arthur is born approx. on 31 Dec. 1923 in Ohio.

Father, Ora S. Davis.

Arthurenlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 2836491.

Arthur was KIA when the USS Buck on patrol duties was hit by 1 or 2 Torpedo’s from the German U-616 and sunk on 22 Aug. 1942, 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.

Arthur is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.

Tablets of the missing .

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/420.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/

Davis, Alton Wood

Rank and Name, Ensign Alton Wood Davis.

Unit/Placed in, Patrol Squadron 74 (VP-74), United States Naval Reserve.

Alton is born approx. on 29 June 1915 in Westport, Massachusetts.

Father, Leslie Burdette Davis.

Mother, Mary Lizzie (Wood) Davis.

Sister(s), Virginia and Marylyn Leslie Davis.

Brother(s), Russell Burdette Davis.

Alton enlisted the service in Massachusetts with service number # 0-104322.

Alton‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a PBM- 1 were,

LtJg. John Herbert Cushman Pilot

Ensign Wilson B. Trapp

Ensign Alton Wood Davis

Machinist Anthony Javonovich

Amm2. Harvey Peterson

Em2. Edward William Leidy

Arm3. David Griffith Stone

Arm3. Hugh Milton Grantham

Aom3. Thomas Edward McMillan

Amm3. William Faudie Marshall

Amm3. Richard Lyle Amburn

Amm3. Walter L. Kuhlmann Jr.

Alton was KIA on a search Mission at Bermuda, the plane was circling at a low altitude when it was Caught by a Downdraft and crashed at Sea on 3 June 1942, 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.

Alton is buried/mentioned at the tablets of the missing at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York.

Alton also has a Memorial Grave at Beech Grove Cemetery

Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, VS.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5DW-VVD

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/

Britton, Lee Amos

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Lee Amos Britton.
Unit/Placed in, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1 Cavalry Division “First Team”.

The 1st Cavalry Division (“First Team”) is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army.

Lee is born approx. on 19 March 1917 in Weatherford, Texas.
Father, Randolph Marion Britton.
Mother, Virgie Lee (Whitfield) Britton.
Sister(s), Edith May, Clara Bessie, Mary Beulah, Dolly Cleo, Nelly Belle, Nancy Oleta, Baby Girl and Baby Girl Britton.
Brother(s), Ray Otis, Winifred Edgar, Randolph Marion, Luie Enos, J.N., Baby Boy, Warren Hardy and Don Leon Britton.
Spouse, Shirley Louise (Feaster) Britton.
Spouse, Beatrice Adel (Vandergriff) Britton.

Lee enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 06954971.
The division next took part in the invasion of Leyte, captured Tacloban and the adjacent airstrip and secured Leyte Valley, elements landing on and securing Samar Island. Moving down Ormoc Valley (in Leyte) and across the Ormoc plain.
The division then invaded Luzon, landing in the Lingayen Gulf area 27 January 1945, and fought its way as a “flying column” to Manila. They Liberated more than 3,000 civilian prisoners at the University of Santo Tomas.

Lee survived the War, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, Bronze Arrowhead, American Defense Ribbon, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 Bronze Stars, WW II Victory Medal.

Lee is buried/mentioned at Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, 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/

Britton, Luie Enos

Rank and Name, Private First Class Luie Enos Britton.
Unit/Placed in, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (B-Comp), 17th Airborne Division “Golden Talons”.

The 507th PIR was assigned to the veteran 82nd “All American” Airborne Division, to replace the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which had suffered many casualties while serving.
Soon after the return to England the 507th was permanently assigned to the 17th Airborne Division, because another of the 82nd’s regiments, the 504th Parachute Infantry, had by then returned from fighting at Anzio.

Luie is born approx. on 19 March 1917 in Weatherford, Texas.
Father, Randolph Marion Britton.
Mother, Virgie Lee (Whitfield) Britton.
Sister(s), Edith May, Clara Bessie, Mary Beulah, Dolly Cleo, Nelly Belle, Nancy Oleta, Baby Girl and Baby Girl Britton.
Brother(s), Ray Otis, Winifred Edgar, Randolph Marion, Lee Amos, J.N., Baby Boy, Warren Hardy and Don Leon Britton.
Spouse, Jerlene (Olson) Britton.

Luie enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 38537953.

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment would participate in three operations during World War II: D-Day (France), the Battle of the Bulge (Belgium) and Operation Varsity (Germany).

Luie survived the war, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Luie is buried/mentioned at Nestucca Valley Community Cemetery,
Tillamook County, Oregon, USA

Thanks to, https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/507/507.html
https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/para/graignes.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_(military)#World_War_II
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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/

Britton, Warren Hardy

Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Warren Hardy Britton.
Unit/Placed in, USS Enterprise (CV-7) Carrier, United States Navy.

USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called “The Big E”, launched in 1936 having served the State, the USS Enterprise (CV-6), the Big E, the Galloping Ghost, “the carrier that fought the most throughout the entire war” – Decommissioned Feb 17, 1947, Stricken from Naval Vessels Register October 2, 1956 and was sold for scrap on July 1, 1958.

Warren is born approx. on 21 Feb. 1923 in Weatherford, Texas.
Father, Randolph Marion Britton.
Mother, Virgie Lee (Whitfield) Britton.
Sister(s), Edith May, Clara Bessie, Mary Beulah, Dolly Cleo, Nelly Belle, Nancy Oleta, Baby Girl and Baby Girl Britton.
Brother(s), Ray Otis, Winifred Edgar, Randolph Marion, Luie Enos, J.N., Baby Boy, Lee Amos and Don Leon Britton.
Spouse, Leona Lucille (Berry) Britton.

Warren enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 6172511.

Warren survived the war, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3 Silver Stars, Philippine Liberation Medal with 2 Stars, WW II Victory Medal.

Warren is buried/mentioned at Memory Gardens of the Valley,
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA.

Carter, Clayton Lee

Rank and Name, Signalman First Class Clayton Lee Carter.
Unit/Placed in, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Clayton is born approx. on 8 Sep. 1921 in Chatham County, Georgia.
Father, Sidney Pearl Carter.
Mother, Minnie (Tillman) Carter.
Sister(s), Pearl H. Hazel Marie, Mabel Jewel and Ruth Naomia Carter.
Brother(s), Sidney Pearl and Ernest earl Carter.

Clayton enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 6361772.

Clayton was KIA when the Destroyer USS Frederick C. Davis was on anti-submarine patrol service (at the Atlantic Ocean) and the escort prepared to attack, the submarine torpedoed her on 24 April 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.

Clayton is buried/mentioned at the tablets of the missing at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York.
Clayton also has a Memorial Grave at Brickyard Cemetery Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRFC-YQF
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/

Gaston, Grady Steen

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Grady Steen Gaston.

Unit/Placed in, 321st Bombardment Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group “Jolly Rogers”.

Grady is born approx. on 25 Jan. 1920 in Frisco City, Alabama.

Father, W.S. Gaston.

Mother, Lela Gaston.

Brother(s), Bernard and Julian Gaston.

Spouse, Naomi C. (Sidwell) Gaston.

Daughter, Mary Lou Gaston

Grady enlisted the service in Alabama with service number # 14013385.

Grady‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-24 “Little Eva” were,

1^st Lt. Norman R. Grossan Pilot Survived

2^nd Lt. Arthur N. Speltz ? Survived

2^nd Lt. Dale F. Grimes ? Survived

2^nd Lt. John D. Dyer Co Pilot Survived

SSgt. James B. Hilton ? KIA

SSgt. Grady S. Gaston Ball Turret Gunner Survived

SSgt. Charles B. Workman Jr. ?` KIA

Sgt. Edward J. McKeen ? KIA

Sgt. Loy L. Wilson ? Survived

Cpl. John Geydos Jr. ? KIA

Grady survived the Crash, plane aborted the mission, got lost and run out of fuel so crashed on 3 Dec. 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Army Aviator Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Grady is buried at Baas Memorial Cemetery, Frisco City, Monroe County, Alabama, USA.

Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/41-23762.html

https://www.90thbombgroup.org/

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/

Carter Jr. , David Thomas

Rank and Name, Captain David T. Carter Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 41st Infantry Regiment, 41st Philippine Division, United States Army.

The story about him are very different and not much recorded, so the things recorded and on file is this mine.

David is born approx. on 19 Feb. 1911 in Port Deposit, Maryland.

Father, David Thomas Carter.

Mother, Mary Roland (Hopkins) Carter.

Sister(s), Mary R. and Mabel Christine Carter.

Brother(s), John M. Carter.

Spouse, Mildred Mae (Pruess) Carter.

Son, David Carter.

David enlisted the service in Maryland with service number # 0-293962.

David was at Bataan defending the Bagac-Orion Line, when they capitulated to the Japanese army on 9 April 1942.

The division initially began marching from Pilar, Bataan on what would later be known as the infamous Bataan Death March all the way to San Fernando, Pampanga. They covered about 65 km under intense conditions of heat and brutality from the guards, it is probably that he was found death in a stop from this march, from the conditions.

David was pronounced death on 18 July 1945, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

David also has a Memorial Grave at, Riverside National Cemetery,

Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8V2-LDN

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/

Gengler, Laurants Stephan

Rank and Name, Hospital Apprentice Second Class Laurants Stephan Gengler.

Unit/Placed in, USS Charles Carroll (APA-28) Attack Transport, United States Navy.

Laurants is born approx. on 19 Dec. 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Father, Michael Thomas Gengler.

Mother, Katherine Mary (Krenwinkel) Gengler.

Brother(s), Carl Conrade, Elmer D. Frederick Michael, Herbert Stephan, Edward John, Walter J. and Raymond Gengler.

Wife, Eva Mildred(Bundy) Gengler

Laurants enlisted the service in Wisconsin with service number # 3065071.

Laurants survived the war, he is honored with a Insignia Medical Corps, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Laurants is buried/mentioned at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03028.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJZD-5RR

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/

Watson, Gregory Alton

Rank and Name, Yeoman Third Class Gregory Alton Watson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) Carrier, United States Navy.

The rank Yeoman means,

A petty officer in the US navy performing/concerned with signaling and clerical duties on board ship.

Gregory is born approx. on 13 Dec. 1946 in New York, New York.

Father, Alton Watson.

Mother, Jaqueline (Freeman) Watson.

Gregory enlisted the service in New Jersey with serial number # 108115.

Gregory died after heart Surgery from a perforated ileum aboard the USS Coral Bay somewhere in South Vietnam from his Heart Attack on 3 Nov. 1967, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Navy Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60’s clasp.

Gregory is buried/mentioned at George Washington Memorial Park,

Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MRDH-M9P

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