Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Russell Abair Jr..

Unit/Placed in on, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

Russell is born in 1924 in, Plymouth, Indiana.

Father, Russell Abair.

Mother, Luella (Powers) Abair.

Russell enlisted the U.S.Army in Indiana with serial # 8636192.

Russel was KIA when his ship sunk at the Battle of Samar on Oct. 25, 1944, Seaman First Class is honored with a  Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Asian- Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Thanks to https://de413.org/crew-members-of-uss-samuel-b-roberts-de-413-as-of-october-25-1944/ 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/