Stoy K Alexander was a Navy Seaman, Second Class in the United States Coast Guard Service # 7016402
He entered the Service from Kansas
Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Stoy Kay Alexander.
Unit/Placed, LST-16 Tank Landing Ship
Mother, Cora M. (Peck) Alexander., United States Coast Guard.
Stoy was born on/in, 1925 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas.
Father, Brue S. Alexander.
Sister, Everete L. Alexander.
Brothers, Ernest E. and Donald J. Alexander.
Stoy enlisted the Navy in Kansas with service number # 7016402.
Stoy’s rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class on-board the USS LST-16.
Stoy K. Alexander was Killed in Action When he switch the LST for a L(anding)C(raft)V(ehicle)P(ersonnel) to pick up casualties from the beach, then de craft struck a Mine and sunk, on June 8, 1944 and he is honored with a Purple Heart.
Stoy is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160016.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, Fields of Honor http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com , Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org, and Terry Hirsch.
He entered the Service from Kansas
Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Stoy Kay Alexander.
Unit/Placed, LST-16 Tank Landing Ship
Mother, Cora M. (Peck) Alexander., United States Coast Guard.
Stoy was born on/in, 1925 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas.
Father, Brue S. Alexander.
Sister, Everete L. Alexander.
Brothers, Ernest E. and Donald J. Alexander.
Stoy enlisted the Navy in Kansas with service number # 7016402.
Stoy’s rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class on-board the USS LST-16.
Stoy K. Alexander was Killed in Action When he switch the LST for a L(anding)C(raft)V(ehicle)P(ersonnel) to pick up casualties from the beach, then de craft struck a Mine and sunk, on June 8, 1944 and he is honored with a Purple Heart.
Stoy is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160016.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, Fields of Honor http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com , Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org, and Terry Hirsch.
Stoy K Alexander was a Navy Seaman, Second Class in the United States Coast Guard Service # 7016402
He entered the Service from Kansas
Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Stoy Kay Alexander.
Unit/Placed, LST-16 Tank Landing Ship
Mother, Cora M. (Peck) Alexander., United States Coast Guard.
Stoy was born on/in, 1925 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas.
Father, Brue S. Alexander.
Sister, Everete L. Alexander.
Brothers, Ernest E. and Donald J. Alexander.
Stoy enlisted the Navy in Kansas with service number # 7016402.
Stoy’s rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class on-board the USS LST-16.
Stoy K. Alexander was Killed in Action When he switch the LST for a L(anding)C(raft)V(ehicle)P(ersonnel) to pick up casualties from the beach, then de craft struck a Mine and sunk, on June 8, 1944 and he is honored with a Purple Heart.
Stoy is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160016.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, Fields of Honor http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com , Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org, and Terry Hirsch.
He entered the Service from Kansas
Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Stoy Kay Alexander.
Unit/Placed, LST-16 Tank Landing Ship
Mother, Cora M. (Peck) Alexander., United States Coast Guard.
Stoy was born on/in, 1925 in Dumas, Moore County, Texas.
Father, Brue S. Alexander.
Sister, Everete L. Alexander.
Brothers, Ernest E. and Donald J. Alexander.
Stoy enlisted the Navy in Kansas with service number # 7016402.
Stoy’s rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class on-board the USS LST-16.
Stoy K. Alexander was Killed in Action When he switch the LST for a L(anding)C(raft)V(ehicle)P(ersonnel) to pick up casualties from the beach, then de craft struck a Mine and sunk, on June 8, 1944 and he is honored with a Purple Heart.
Stoy is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160016.htm ABMC, https://abmc.gov Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com, Fields of Honor http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com , Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org, and Terry Hirsch.
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