Rank and Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Herbert Alston.
Unit/Placed in, USS Fiske (DE-143) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Herbert is born approx. on 1926 in South Carolina.
Father, Simmon Alston.
Mother, Maggie Alston.
Sister(s), Kathleen and Sarah Alston.
Brother(s), Dan and Simmon Jr Alston.
Herbert enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 5753704.
Herbert was KIA when he was torpedoed on a Submarine search by the German U-804 on Aug. 2, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Herbert is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/person/23482.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
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
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