Rank and Name,  Lieutenant Junior Grade Edward E. Allen.

Unit/Placed in on, Scouting Squadron 2, based in the USS Lexington (CV-2).

Edward is born in 1908 in Wamduska, North Dakota.

Father, Henry A. Allen.

Mother, Marna M. Allen.

Edward enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 0-070223.

Edward was KIA when he was shot down by a Japanese Fighter in the Battle for Coral Sea on May 7, 1942, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, American Defense Medal with Star, Navy Cross with Star, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Edward is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to 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/