Rank and Name, Ship Fitter Second Class William Wilson Allison Jr.
Unit/Placed in, USS Swerve (AM-121) Minesweeper, United States Navy.
William is born on April 2, 1922 in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee.
Father, Willson W. Allison.
Mother, Lucille S. Allison.
Brother(s), Robert C. Allison.
Spouse, Kathyrn (Wiles) Allison.
Son, William W. Allison III.
William enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 6412278.
William was KIA when the USS Swerve struck a mine for the coast of Anzio, Italy and sunk on July 9, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
Walls of the missing.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA.
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
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
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