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Casualty Info
Home Town Lucas, NC
Last Address 1429 Poplar St Philadelphia, PA
Casualty Date May 27, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
USS Vestal (AR-4) was a collier (or coal ship), later refitted as a fleet repair ship. The Vestal served between 1909 and 1946 in both World Wars I and II and received two battle stars for her World War II service.