Wilson, Charles Joseph

Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Charles Joseph Wilson.

Unit/Placed in, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Charles is born approx. on no record.

Mother, Catherine Cooper.

Charles enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2461765.

Charles was KIA when the USS Samuel B. Roberts opened the attack the Japanese Navy at the Battle off Samar on Oct 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to,

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