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Home Town Buffalo, New york
Last Address Brooksville, Florida
Date of Passing Jul 03, 2002
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery - Buffalo, New York
Clarence "Bill" Abendschein had entered the US Navy at age 16, with a forged birth certificate. I knew him as "Uncle Bill". Not a blood relative, but instead he was a local neighbor who my parents selected as my Godfather.
He entertained me at a young age with stories of his Navy flying. I picked up snippets here and there as I grew older, and I just wish I had more details now. I missed out on getting to know him better while I was an adult, as he moved to Florida after his retirement from the Niagara Mohawk Power Company, where he worked as a "Lineman" and "Line Crew Foreman".
With my growing interest in Navy history, I feel I cheated myself out of a great learning opportunity by not keeping in better contact with him after he moved to Florida. I cherish the interest the man took in me. This sight gives me a small chance to honor him.
AW1 Carl Mottern, USNR, RET
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Last Duty Station: Naval Air Reserve Unit Niagara Falls NY
