Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Charles George Ables.

Unit/Placed in on, USS Astoria (CA-34) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Charles is born in No Record.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Charles enlisted the U.S.Navy in Colorado with service number # 6180762.

Jean was KIA when the USS Astoria Sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on Aug 9, 1942, Seaman Second Class  Charles G. Ables is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/