General Information
Name: Vernon Averhart
Birth Date: April 19, 1914
Death Date: November 13, 1942
Hometown: Lexington, Mississippi
Military Enlistment: March 1938
Organization Unit: USS Cushing
Serial Number: 2743319
Rank: Cook 3rd Class
Award Received: Purple Heart
Cemetery: Memorialized on the "Walls of the Missing" located in Taguig City, Philippines at the Manila American Cemetery