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LCDR Mercer McCall “Mack” Tharpe

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LCDR Mercer McCall “Mack” Tharpe

Birth
Marion, Fayette County, Georgia, USA
Death
21 Feb 1945 (aged 41)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.1714169, Longitude: -83.7981481
Plot
Lane 7 West; Section 5, Block I, Lot 11 (5 I 11 7th West)
Memorial ID
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As of April 2015 this plot (5 I 11 7th West) held eight graves:
1. William Matthews Tharpe (1899-1938),
2. Elijah Mercer Tharpe (1874-1952),
3. Maude Matthews Tharpe (1880-1962),
4. Elizabeth Tharpe (1901-1987),
5. Mercer McCall Tharpe (1903-1945),
6. Frank McCall Tharpe (1939-1970),
7. Yeteva Stripling Tharpe (1914-2002), and,
8. Franklin Hall Tharpe (1906-1958).

Information re: plot came from 2006
survey coordinated by the Morning
Glory Garden Club of Moultrie
mccls.org/Genealogy/Cemeteries/

Lieutenant Commander Mack Tharpe (US Navy) was killed in action in World War II, and his body was lost at sea. He is memorialized at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was married to Jane (McMillan) Tharpe of Atlanta.
As of April 2015 this plot (5 I 11 7th West) held eight graves:
1. William Matthews Tharpe (1899-1938),
2. Elijah Mercer Tharpe (1874-1952),
3. Maude Matthews Tharpe (1880-1962),
4. Elizabeth Tharpe (1901-1987),
5. Mercer McCall Tharpe (1903-1945),
6. Frank McCall Tharpe (1939-1970),
7. Yeteva Stripling Tharpe (1914-2002), and,
8. Franklin Hall Tharpe (1906-1958).

Information re: plot came from 2006
survey coordinated by the Morning
Glory Garden Club of Moultrie
mccls.org/Genealogy/Cemeteries/

Lieutenant Commander Mack Tharpe (US Navy) was killed in action in World War II, and his body was lost at sea. He is memorialized at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was married to Jane (McMillan) Tharpe of Atlanta.

Inscription



Mercer McCall Tharpe
[Can't read] U.S.N.R.
Born July 12, 1903
Lost At Sea In The
Line Of Duty
Iwo Jima Feb. 21, 1945

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