Ainsworth, Bert Raymond

Name and Rank, Lieutenant Junior Grade Bert Raymond Ainsworth.

Unit/placed in , USS Skill (AM-115) Minesweeper, United States Naval Reserve.

Bert was born on April 9, 1918 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Jackson H. Ainsworth.

Mother, Katherine C. (Blank) Ainsworth.

Sister, Esther B. Ainsworth.

Bert entered the service from Pennsylvania with service number # O-169200d.

Bert R. Ainsworth rank/duty was a Lieutenant Junior Grade (Minesweeper) in the United States Naval Reserve.

Bert R. Ainsworth Killed in Action when the USS Skill was hit by an torpedo from the German U-593 and Sunk, on Sep. 25, 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Bert R. Ainsworth is mentioned/buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.

Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02115.htm

https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship3085.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano