Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Berwyn Lee Forrester.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Berwyn is born approx. on 1911 in Missouri.
Spouse, Marieta (Straub) Forrester.
Child, Charles G. Forrester.
Berwyn enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 8738489.
Berwyn was KIA when the USS Bismarck Sea was attacked and sunk by Kamikaze plane’s during the Battle for Iwo Jima on Feb. 21, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Berwyn is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CVE-95.html
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
