Rank and Name, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Alexander Julius Abrahamson.

Unit/Placed in on, USS flier (SS-250) Submarine,United States Naval Reserve.

Alexander is born in 1918 in Chicago, Illinois.

Father, Alexander J. Abrahamson.

Mother, Mary J. Abrahamso.

Alexander enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # 7252683.

Alexander was KIA when the sub was  struck  by a mine on Aug. 13, 1944, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Alexander J. Abrahamson is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to  http://www.subsowespac.org/books/uss-flier.shtml 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/