Kelton B. George - Unaccounted For

	NAME Kelton Buford George	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 276932
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Houston Gun Captain	HOME OF RECORD Cypress, IL	NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Walter George
	DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1916 at Cypress, IL	ENTERED SERVICE November 10, 1939 at Chicago, IL	DATE OF LOSS March 1, 1942
	REGION Indonesia	CAMPAIGN / AREA Java Sea	CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead March 2, 1943
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Corporal Kelton George served as a gun captain aboard the cruiser USS Houston (CA-30).George was seriously wounded in action on 4 February 1942, at the battle of Makassar Strait. His injuries were so severe that he was put ashore and treated at Tjilatjap, Dutch East Indies. As Japanese forces drew closer, the hospital was evacuated, and on 27 February a number of ambulatory patients, including Corporal George, were evacuated via the oiler USS Pecos. Japanese dive bombers from the carrier Soryu spotted the Pecos on 1 March 1942 and quickly moved in to attack. Their third attempt was successful, and the Pecos went down in the Java Sea. Kelton George was not among the 230-odd survivors plucked from the sea; he was listed as missing in action, and declared dead as of 2 March 1943.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart with Gold Star	LAST KNOWN RANK Corporal	STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea	MEMORIALS Cypress Masonic Cemetery, Cypress, IL Manila American Cemetery

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