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Casualty Info
Home Town Palo Pinto, TX
Last Address Burney, CA
Casualty Date Apr 21, 1952
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Sea of Japan
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Burney District Cemetery - Burney, California
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Seaman (E3) Wall served aboard the heavy cruiser USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73). On April 21, 1952, while the cruiser was firing at the enemy off the east coast of Korea, powder exploded in a gun turret causing him to die of asphyxiation.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 9887856
The information in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
I've included SN Wall's birth certificate information which might be useful to other researchers. According to multiple web sites, his middle name is Hinton and he was born on the same day in 1929. According to his birth certificate, his middle name is Henton and he was born in 1930.