ALEXANDER-THEODORE
THEODORE LEROY ALEXANDER
Deceased
10/25/1944
Rate/Rank
MM1
MM1
Service Branch
USN 00/0000 - 10/1944
Born
09/17/1919
OKLAHOMA
KILLED IN ACTION - USS ALBERT W. GRANT DD-649, 10/25/1944
HE WAS KIA WHEN THE USS ALBERT W. GRANT DD-649 WAS HIT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BATTLE of SURIGO STRAIT
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
Thedore died when the USS Grant was hit several time’s, 38 Men were Killed, 104 Wounded, but her crew got her save in the Port during the Battle of Surigao Strait on Oct. 25, 1944