Irvin, John Robert – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Electrician’s Mate Second Class John Robert Irvin.

Unit/Placed in, USS Gwin (DD-433) Destroyer, United States Navy.

John is born approx. on no record.

Mother, Mildred (Wakely) Irvin.

John enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 3467171.

The 3 Crewmembers who lost their lives during the attack were,

MM1. Franklin E. Ales

SF3. Robert Almond

EM2. John R. Irvin

John was KIA from Gunfire from Japanese shore batteries off Rendova Island during the New Georgia Landings on 30 June 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/alpha_pages/g/gwin_dd433_roll_of_honor.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