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Rank: |
Aviation Machinist's Mate 2c |
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Service Branch: |
U.S. Navy |
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Service Number: |
5524286 |
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Status: |
Killed in Action |
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Date of death: |
October 30, 1944 |
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Age at death: |
19 |
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Awards: |
Purple Heart |
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Burial 1: |
Unknown - lost at sea |
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Burial 2: |
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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Born: |
1925 |
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Hometown: |
Dillon, South Carolina |
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Additional information: |
Next of kin (1940s): Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Barfield, Jr., Box 355, Dillon, South Carolina |
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Research by: Victoria Proctor, genealogist Sources: Dillon County War Memorial, NARA, American Battle Monuments Commission, The Dillon Herald November 16, 1944, November 30, 1944 issues (report of death) and August 23, 1945 issue (memorial services at Church of God, Dillon, SC) Back to WWII Veterans Index Page Copyright © 2014 Victoria Proctor. All rights reserved. |
