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Aubrey K. Malone

NAME
Aubrey Kenneth Malone
NICKNAME
Kenneth
SERVICE NUMBER
287407
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Houston
HOME OF RECORD
829 West 5th Street
Oklahoma City, OK
NEXT OF KIN
Parents, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Malone
DATE OF BIRTH
August 23, 1914
at Loco, OK
ENTERED SERVICE
July 2, 1940
at Los Angeles, CA
DATE OF LOSS
March 1, 1942
alt. February 28, 1942
REGION
Java Sea
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Sunda Strait
CASUALTY TYPE
Missing In Action
Declared Dead December 15, 1945
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
PFC Aubrey “Kenneth” Malone was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.

Malone’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private First Class
STATUS OF REMAINS
Lost at sea
MEMORIALS
Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, OK
Manila American Cemetery

Biography:
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Gallery:

The Daily Oklahoman, 18 March 1942.

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