Rank and Name,Watertender Second Class Paul Ahlfinger.

Unit/Placed in,USS Kanawha (OA-1) Tanker, United States Navy.

Paul is born in Dec. 16, 1918 in Box Church, Texas.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Paul enlisted the U.S.Army in Texas with service number # 3602301.

Paul was KIA when Japanese plane’s attacked  the ship and it sunk near the Solomons Island Coast on April 8, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

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