Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate First Class William Eli Alverson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Plunket (DD-431) Destroyer, United States Navy.
William is born approx. on May 17, 1918 in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
Father, William D. Alverson.
Mother, Martha T. (Taylor) Alverson.
Sister(s), Annie, Grace, Martha R. and Hazel Alverson.
Brother(s), Daniel R. John, Lorenzo D. and David E. Alverson.
William enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 3469456.
William was KIA when a German Plane Bombed the USS Plunket on Jan. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Steep Hill Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/431.htm
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
