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Comer, Hubert Felton, CM2.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Ray City, GA
Last Address Ray City, GA (Wife~Pauline Skinner Comer)
Casualty Date Jun 08, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Normandy, France
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (Cenotaph)
Dedicating certain portions of the state highway system; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, Hubert F. Comer served in the United States Navy and was assigned to the USS Rich, a destroyer escort during the Normandy invasion in June 1944; and
WHEREAS, the USS Rich hit three German mines off the Normandy coast two days after the Normandy invasion; and
WHEREAS, Hubert F. Comer was listed among the missing, and his body was never recovered; and
WHEREAS, Hubert F. Comer was awarded the American Area Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Area Campaign Medal, and the Purple Heart; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate to honor Hubert F. Comer for his service and ultimate sacrifice in that service to the United States of America, the State of Georgia, and Berrien County by the naming of the SR 37 bridge on Cat Creek in honor and memory of his service and sacrifice.
