Aitkens Jr. , Joseph Mack

Rank and Name, Radarman Second Class Joseph Mack Aitkens Jr.

Unit/placed, USS PC-558 Submarine Chaser, United States Naval Reserve.

Joseph was born on 22 Dec. 1921.

Father, Mac Joseph Aitkens.

Mother, Oletta V. Adkins.

Joseph entered the service from Ohio with service number # 6157194.

Joseph M. Aikens Jr. rank/duty was a Radarman Second Class (Submarine Chaser) onboard the USS PC-558 in the United States Naval Reserve.

Joseph M. Aitkens Jr. was Killed in Action during the Battle for Anzio when the USS PC-558 was torpedoed by a German U-230, on May 9, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Combat Action Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Tablets of the Missing.

Joseph also has a Memorial Grave at Lakewood Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA.

Thanks to http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship3246.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com 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