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Casualty Info
Home Town Norfolk
Last Address USS Laffey in the Pacific.
Remembered at Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Casualty Date Nov 13, 1942
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at sea with the USS Laffey off Guadalcanal
Farragut class - She was commissioned 11 January, 1935, was at Pearl Harbor during the attack, but was unscathed. She saw extensive duty in the Pacific during WWII, earning 10 Battle Stars, but was tragically sunk on the 18th of December, 1944, durin
