Rank and Name, Motor Machinist Mate First Class Mervin Wilcox Allmon.
Unit/Placed in, USS Amberjack (SS-219) Submarine, United States Navy.
Mervin is born approx. on May 19, 1917 in Walters, Oklahoma.
Father, Ira K. Allmon.
Mother, Ida M. (Wilcox) Allmon.
Daughter, Lorene A. Allmon.
Brother(s), Raleigh C. Ira C. and Oras C. Allmon.
Mervin enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 3559859.
Mervin was KIA when the USS Amberjack was sunk (probably) by depth charge on Feb. 16, 1943, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
He also has a Memorial Grave at , Walters Cemetery, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA.
And is mentioned on the USS Amberjack Memorial in his Hometown, Walters Cemetery, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/allmon-m-w.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
