Alexander, Leland William

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Leland William Alexander.

Unit/Placed, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Leland was born on Sep. 25, 1916 in , Oconee County, South Carolina.

Father, Walter Walter Alexander.

Mother, Maggie S. Alexander.

Sisters, Mary Ruth, Mabel and Ellen Retha Alexander.

Brother, James B. Alexander.

Wife, Ruth (Fowler) Alexander.

Leland enlisted the Navy in South Carolina with service number # 9315105.

Leland’s rank/duty was a Seaman First Class on-board the Destroyer USS Frederick C. Davis DE-1.

Leland W. Alexander was KIA when the USS Frederick C. Davis was torpedoed by the German Sub U-546 at the American Coast, on April 24 1945, and is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Plot: Tablets of the missing.

Thanks to http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship3504.html

https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32197

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZW3-XML

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.