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Cecil Edward Byerley

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Cecil Edward Byerley

Birth
Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, USA
Death
15 Feb 1993 (aged 73)
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Floyds Knobs, Floyd County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Coxswain (COX) Byerley he enlisted in the US Navy on 6 November 1940 and served during WWII until his discharge on 10 November 1946. He was transferred from the USS New York to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on 4 April 1942 in the 7 & 8 Divisions. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Siblings:
Pauline Mabel Byerley
Mary Alice Byerley
Floyd Kenneth Byerley
Cecil Edward Byerley
Loran David Byerley
Elsie Katherine "Katie" Byerley
Raymond Elmer Byerley
Shelby V. Byerley Jr
Coxswain (COX) Byerley he enlisted in the US Navy on 6 November 1940 and served during WWII until his discharge on 10 November 1946. He was transferred from the USS New York to the Battleship USS South Dakota BB57 on 4 April 1942 in the 7 & 8 Divisions. The USS South Dakota is the most decorated battleship of WWII, earning 13 Battle Stars and a Navy Unit Citation. She sailed 250,000 miles and crossed the equator 30 times and the Arctic Circle once. She is accredited with downing 64 Japanese planes, 9 shore bombardments, and unofficially sinking 3 enemy cruisers. She set a record during the Battle of Santa Cruz, shooting down 23 planes in a single engagement. She and the USS Washington fought a slugging match with the Japanese battleship Kirishima during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. One of only two battleship vs. battleship engagements of the entire Pacific Theater. She was there for the Japanese surrender and led the fleet back to San Francisco.
Siblings:
Pauline Mabel Byerley
Mary Alice Byerley
Floyd Kenneth Byerley
Cecil Edward Byerley
Loran David Byerley
Elsie Katherine "Katie" Byerley
Raymond Elmer Byerley
Shelby V. Byerley Jr

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