Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class George James Alexander.

Unit/Placed, USS Spence (DD-512) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

George was born on March 24, 1925 in Atlanta,  Georgia.

Father, James P. Alexander.

George enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 8930783.

George died when his ship was foundered in the Hurricane Cobra at Samar, Philippine Sea on Dec. 18, 1944, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

George 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, 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/