Rank and Name, Metalsmith Second Class William Mark Abernethy.

Unit/Placed in, USS Kidd (DD-661) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

William is born in 1911 in Brooklyn, New York.

Father, John F. Abernethy.

Mother, Sopia Abernethy.

William enlisted the service in New York with service number # 8107477.

William was KIA on April 11, 1945, Metalsmith Second Class William M.Abernethy is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

Thanks to  http://www.kamikazeimages.net/museums/kidd/index.htm 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/