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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Compton, Emmett Mobley, CAPT.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Lake City, SC |
Last Address
Las Cruces, NM
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Date of Passing
Sep 20, 2003 |
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Location of Interment
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Last Known Activity
After his Navy service, Emmett Compton was a stockbroker in Washington, DC (1967-1974). In 1974, he moved to Las Cruces, NM and was a visiting professor at New Mexico State University.
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Other Comments:
Service number: 82789
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1939-1939, USS Savannah (CL-42)
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1939-1943, USS Montgomery (DD-121/DM-17)
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1943-1944, USS Cony (DD-508)
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1944-1944, Commander, Fleet Operational Training Command, Pacific
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1944-1944, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Seattle, WA
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1944-1945, USS Jarvis (DD-799)
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1945-1946, USS Bearss (DD-654)
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1946-1948, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1949-1952, Commander Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, Commander, US Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM)
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1952-1954, USS Missouri (BB-63)
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1954-1956, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management & Comptroller) ASN (FM&C)
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1956-1956, Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet
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1956-1958, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884)
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1958-1959, Naval War College (Staff)
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1959-1959, CNO - OPNAV
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1959-1961, Office of the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)
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1961-1963, USS Mountrail (APA-213)
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1963-1965, Joint Staff, J1, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
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Jul 01, 1935, Appointed Midshipman
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Jun 01, 1939, Commissioned Ensign
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Jan 07, 1942, Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Jun 15, 1942, Promoted to Lieutenant
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Oct 27, 1943, Attack on the USS Cony (DD-508)
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Apr 15, 1944, Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
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Sep 28, 1946, Married - Alice Elizabeth Compton
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Jul 01, 1949, Promoted to Commander
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Jul 01, 1958, Promoted to Captain
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Sep 30, 2003, Buried - Carlton City Cemetery, Carlton, GA
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