AGE: 21 Years
VETERAN: Electrician's Mate, U.S. Navy
DIED: During Military Service
CAUSE: Contact with High Voltage Electrical Source
(See Death Certificate, Photos Tab, above.)
PLACE OF DEATH: Aboard Ship: U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore,
Moored at Long Beach, CA from 30 Aug 1953-4 May 1954
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KOREAN WAR-USS SAMUEL N MOORE: In response to North Korea invading South Korea, she headed north from Hong Kong on 27 June. During the summer and fall, she served off Korea, before returning to San Diego on 11 February 1951. Sailing again for the Far East on 1 December, she guarded carriers and bombarded enemy shore installations in Korea from February to May 1952 before returning to San Diego on 26 June. Steaming from Long Beach on 2 February 1953, she returned to Korea. Defending the fast carriers again, she visited Koje Island in March. In April, she aided the defense of Yang-do Island and patrolled near Chongjin; in May, she fought enemy shore batteries at Wonsan Harbor. In June, she patrolled the Taiwan Strait; and, in July, she provided shore bombardment off Korea. After the end of fighting in Korea, she returned to Long Beach on 30 August. <----
Departing Long Beach on 4 May 1954, <-----
she cruised with antisubmarine forces in the western Pacific; patrolled Taiwan Strait, and visited the Tachen Islands on 19 August, before returning to Long Beach on 5 December. From 1955 through 1959, she made annual deployments to the western Pacific, visiting the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. In 1960 and 1961, she served with a specialized antisubmarine task force in the western Pacific, before conducting operations off the West Coast in 1962 and 1963.
WEBSOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_N._Moore_%28DD-747%29
BIRTH RECORD:
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 30 Mar 1932
Event Place: Transylvania, North Carolina
Other Event Place: Hogback
Father's Name: Ralph H Alexander
Page: 277
Source Reference: D-3
WEBSOURCE: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC3X-2M8
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS:
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1932
Birth Place: Transylvania Co, North Carolina
Age: 21
Death Date: 10 Dec 1953
Father: Ralph H Alexander
Funeral Home: Godeau Funeral Home
SPOUSE: Sharon M Monroe
California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 about Carl L Alexander
Name: Carl L Alexander
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1930
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1953
Marriage Place: San Bernardino, California, USA
Spouse: Sharon M Monroe
Spouse Age: 21
WEBSOURCE: Ancestry.com Search Records
SIBLING: Ralph Austin Alexander, Find A Grave Memorial# 66720504
GRANDPARENTS (1940 CENSUS):
Henry McCall Head M 51 North Carolina
Ola McCall Wife F 49 North Carolina
1940 US CENSUS:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWQJ-41G
VETERAN: Electrician's Mate, U.S. Navy
DIED: During Military Service
CAUSE: Contact with High Voltage Electrical Source
(See Death Certificate, Photos Tab, above.)
PLACE OF DEATH: Aboard Ship: U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore,
Moored at Long Beach, CA from 30 Aug 1953-4 May 1954
--------------------------------------
KOREAN WAR-USS SAMUEL N MOORE: In response to North Korea invading South Korea, she headed north from Hong Kong on 27 June. During the summer and fall, she served off Korea, before returning to San Diego on 11 February 1951. Sailing again for the Far East on 1 December, she guarded carriers and bombarded enemy shore installations in Korea from February to May 1952 before returning to San Diego on 26 June. Steaming from Long Beach on 2 February 1953, she returned to Korea. Defending the fast carriers again, she visited Koje Island in March. In April, she aided the defense of Yang-do Island and patrolled near Chongjin; in May, she fought enemy shore batteries at Wonsan Harbor. In June, she patrolled the Taiwan Strait; and, in July, she provided shore bombardment off Korea. After the end of fighting in Korea, she returned to Long Beach on 30 August. <----
Departing Long Beach on 4 May 1954, <-----
she cruised with antisubmarine forces in the western Pacific; patrolled Taiwan Strait, and visited the Tachen Islands on 19 August, before returning to Long Beach on 5 December. From 1955 through 1959, she made annual deployments to the western Pacific, visiting the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. In 1960 and 1961, she served with a specialized antisubmarine task force in the western Pacific, before conducting operations off the West Coast in 1962 and 1963.
WEBSOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_N._Moore_%28DD-747%29
BIRTH RECORD:
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 30 Mar 1932
Event Place: Transylvania, North Carolina
Other Event Place: Hogback
Father's Name: Ralph H Alexander
Page: 277
Source Reference: D-3
WEBSOURCE: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC3X-2M8
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS:
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1932
Birth Place: Transylvania Co, North Carolina
Age: 21
Death Date: 10 Dec 1953
Father: Ralph H Alexander
Funeral Home: Godeau Funeral Home
SPOUSE: Sharon M Monroe
California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 about Carl L Alexander
Name: Carl L Alexander
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1930
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1953
Marriage Place: San Bernardino, California, USA
Spouse: Sharon M Monroe
Spouse Age: 21
WEBSOURCE: Ancestry.com Search Records
SIBLING: Ralph Austin Alexander, Find A Grave Memorial# 66720504
GRANDPARENTS (1940 CENSUS):
Henry McCall Head M 51 North Carolina
Ola McCall Wife F 49 North Carolina
1940 US CENSUS:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWQJ-41G
AGE: 21 Years
VETERAN: Electrician's Mate, U.S. Navy
DIED: During Military Service
CAUSE: Contact with High Voltage Electrical Source
(See Death Certificate, Photos Tab, above.)
PLACE OF DEATH: Aboard Ship: U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore,
Moored at Long Beach, CA from 30 Aug 1953-4 May 1954
--------------------------------------
KOREAN WAR-USS SAMUEL N MOORE: In response to North Korea invading South Korea, she headed north from Hong Kong on 27 June. During the summer and fall, she served off Korea, before returning to San Diego on 11 February 1951. Sailing again for the Far East on 1 December, she guarded carriers and bombarded enemy shore installations in Korea from February to May 1952 before returning to San Diego on 26 June. Steaming from Long Beach on 2 February 1953, she returned to Korea. Defending the fast carriers again, she visited Koje Island in March. In April, she aided the defense of Yang-do Island and patrolled near Chongjin; in May, she fought enemy shore batteries at Wonsan Harbor. In June, she patrolled the Taiwan Strait; and, in July, she provided shore bombardment off Korea. After the end of fighting in Korea, she returned to Long Beach on 30 August. <----
Departing Long Beach on 4 May 1954, <-----
she cruised with antisubmarine forces in the western Pacific; patrolled Taiwan Strait, and visited the Tachen Islands on 19 August, before returning to Long Beach on 5 December. From 1955 through 1959, she made annual deployments to the western Pacific, visiting the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. In 1960 and 1961, she served with a specialized antisubmarine task force in the western Pacific, before conducting operations off the West Coast in 1962 and 1963.
WEBSOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_N._Moore_%28DD-747%29
BIRTH RECORD:
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 30 Mar 1932
Event Place: Transylvania, North Carolina
Other Event Place: Hogback
Father's Name: Ralph H Alexander
Page: 277
Source Reference: D-3
WEBSOURCE: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC3X-2M8
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS:
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1932
Birth Place: Transylvania Co, North Carolina
Age: 21
Death Date: 10 Dec 1953
Father: Ralph H Alexander
Funeral Home: Godeau Funeral Home
SPOUSE: Sharon M Monroe
California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 about Carl L Alexander
Name: Carl L Alexander
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1930
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1953
Marriage Place: San Bernardino, California, USA
Spouse: Sharon M Monroe
Spouse Age: 21
WEBSOURCE: Ancestry.com Search Records
SIBLING: Ralph Austin Alexander, Find A Grave Memorial# 66720504
GRANDPARENTS (1940 CENSUS):
Henry McCall Head M 51 North Carolina
Ola McCall Wife F 49 North Carolina
1940 US CENSUS:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWQJ-41G
VETERAN: Electrician's Mate, U.S. Navy
DIED: During Military Service
CAUSE: Contact with High Voltage Electrical Source
(See Death Certificate, Photos Tab, above.)
PLACE OF DEATH: Aboard Ship: U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore,
Moored at Long Beach, CA from 30 Aug 1953-4 May 1954
--------------------------------------
KOREAN WAR-USS SAMUEL N MOORE: In response to North Korea invading South Korea, she headed north from Hong Kong on 27 June. During the summer and fall, she served off Korea, before returning to San Diego on 11 February 1951. Sailing again for the Far East on 1 December, she guarded carriers and bombarded enemy shore installations in Korea from February to May 1952 before returning to San Diego on 26 June. Steaming from Long Beach on 2 February 1953, she returned to Korea. Defending the fast carriers again, she visited Koje Island in March. In April, she aided the defense of Yang-do Island and patrolled near Chongjin; in May, she fought enemy shore batteries at Wonsan Harbor. In June, she patrolled the Taiwan Strait; and, in July, she provided shore bombardment off Korea. After the end of fighting in Korea, she returned to Long Beach on 30 August. <----
Departing Long Beach on 4 May 1954, <-----
she cruised with antisubmarine forces in the western Pacific; patrolled Taiwan Strait, and visited the Tachen Islands on 19 August, before returning to Long Beach on 5 December. From 1955 through 1959, she made annual deployments to the western Pacific, visiting the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan. In 1960 and 1961, she served with a specialized antisubmarine task force in the western Pacific, before conducting operations off the West Coast in 1962 and 1963.
WEBSOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_N._Moore_%28DD-747%29
BIRTH RECORD:
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 30 Mar 1932
Event Place: Transylvania, North Carolina
Other Event Place: Hogback
Father's Name: Ralph H Alexander
Page: 277
Source Reference: D-3
WEBSOURCE: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VC3X-2M8
FUNERAL HOME RECORDS:
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records
Name: Carl Lance Alexander
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1932
Birth Place: Transylvania Co, North Carolina
Age: 21
Death Date: 10 Dec 1953
Father: Ralph H Alexander
Funeral Home: Godeau Funeral Home
SPOUSE: Sharon M Monroe
California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959 about Carl L Alexander
Name: Carl L Alexander
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1930
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1953
Marriage Place: San Bernardino, California, USA
Spouse: Sharon M Monroe
Spouse Age: 21
WEBSOURCE: Ancestry.com Search Records
SIBLING: Ralph Austin Alexander, Find A Grave Memorial# 66720504
GRANDPARENTS (1940 CENSUS):
Henry McCall Head M 51 North Carolina
Ola McCall Wife F 49 North Carolina
1940 US CENSUS:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWQJ-41G
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