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Casualty Info
Home Town Choctaw, MS
Last Address McCool, MS
Casualty Date Apr 11, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 2 (cenotaph)
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Muster roll entry about death and burial
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Last Updated: May 1, 2020
Comments
From the muster rolls of the USS Kidd (DD-661):
DEATH 11 Apr. 1945 Killed in action in line of duty at 1410 during Jap plane crash and bomb explosion aboard ship in waters approximately 90 miles from Okinawa Shima. 1030, 12 Apr. 1945, buried at sea.
