Alexander, Arthur Frederick

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Alexander.

Unit/Placed in, USS Tuner (DD-648) Destroyer, United States Navy.

Arthur was born on April 15, 1918 in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Father, Roy Lester Alexander.

Mother, Etta Fraces (Frazer) Alexander.

Brother, Robert Warren Alexander.

Spouse, Virgina Hope (Smith) Alexander.

Son, Arthur Frederick Alexander.

Arthur enlisted the Navy in Massachusetts with service number # 0-085307.

Arthur’s rank/duty was a Lieutenant on-board the USS Turner DD-648.

Arthur F. Alexander Died during several Internal explosions whereby the Ship Sunk in New York Lower Bay , on Jan. 3, 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, 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/05/648.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

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

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