Lewis Jr., Lemuel Banks, GM1

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Last Primary NEC
GM-0879-5/54 Caliber Gun System MK 45 Mod 1 Maintenanceman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1958-1960, Detachment Pt Mugu, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One (EODGRU ONE)
Service Years
1941 - 1960
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Cannon Cockers Card
Cold War
Decommissioning
Order of the Golden Dragon
Iwo Jima
Neptune Subpoena
Newfoundland Skreech
Order of the Penguin
Panama Canal
Plank Owner
Society of the South Pole
GM-Gunner's Mate
Four Hash Marks

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Home State
Georgia
Georgia
Year of Birth
1920
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Shaun Thomas (Underdog), OSC to remember Lewis Jr., Lemuel Banks (Stepdad), GM1 USN(Ret).

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Contact Info
Home Town
Savannah
Last Address
Savannah
Date of Passing
Aug 15, 1971
 
Location of Interment
Bonaventure Cemetery - Savannah, Georgia

 Official Badges 

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms U.S. Navy Corrections Gun Captain (pre-1969) US Navy Retired 20

NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Domain of the Emperor Penguin Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Cold War Medal

Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United StatesMilitary Order of World Wars (MOWW)Old Antarctic Explorers Association (OAEA)Naval War College Foundation
USS Forrestal AssociationFleet Reserve Association (FRA)
  1941, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
  1945, Military Order of World Wars (MOWW)
  1947, Old Antarctic Explorers Association (OAEA) - Assoc. Page
  1948, Naval War College Foundation
  1955, USS Forrestal Association - Assoc. Page
  1960, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Lem married my Mother in January 1946, they were divorced in 1968.  He died due to a massive heart attack in August 1971.  I was deployed to the med at the time and was considered to valuable by CO to be given emergency leave since Lem was my step-father instead of my natural father.  I was Leading Signalman on the Canisteo (AO-99) at the time.
Lem never discussed, in detail, his war time expierences, there for most of the information i have is based mostly on conjecture except for the two battles that I have listed.  I have never known what wartime commands he was actually stationed on,  however he did mention that he had had two ships sunk out from under him with in a month. I do know that one of those ships was an APA.
All of the commands that he was assigned to, after the war are from my memory and the actual commands are factual, though the actual time frames are, in sum cases, conjecture based on what school year I was in at the time and what school I was attending.

   

  1958-1960, Detachment Pt Mugu, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One (EODGRU ONE)
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Unit
Detachment Pt Mugu Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class

NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Pt. Mugu

State/Country
California
 
 
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 Detachment Pt Mugu, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One (EODGRU ONE) Details

Detachment  Pt Mugu, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One (EODGRU ONE)

Type
Surface Support
 

Parent Unit
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One (EODGRU ONE)

Strength
Group

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 6, 2007
   
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