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F2 Weyman Watson Bond Veteran

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
13 Nov 1942 (aged 20)
At Sea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Weyman served as a Fireman Second Class, U.S.S. Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Muscogee County, Georgia prior to the war.

Weyman was declared "Missing In Action" in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war.

The Atlanta was first hit in the forward engine room by a torpedo, fired by either the Japanese ship Inazuma or Ikazuchand, and lost all but auxiliary diesel power.

The Atlanta was then hit by an estimated nineteen 8-inch (200 mm) shells which the U.S.S. San Francisco, unknowingly during the confusion, fired into her.

The Atlanta's Captain, Samuel P. Jenkins, due to the ship being severely damaged beyond repair, ordered that the Atlanta be abandoned and sunk with a demolition charge.

Weyman was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2688079

Weyman also has a "Cenotaph" in the City Cemetery, Meriwether County, Georgia.
( see family links below )

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Weyman served as a Fireman Second Class, U.S.S. Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Muscogee County, Georgia prior to the war.

Weyman was declared "Missing In Action" in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war.

The Atlanta was first hit in the forward engine room by a torpedo, fired by either the Japanese ship Inazuma or Ikazuchand, and lost all but auxiliary diesel power.

The Atlanta was then hit by an estimated nineteen 8-inch (200 mm) shells which the U.S.S. San Francisco, unknowingly during the confusion, fired into her.

The Atlanta's Captain, Samuel P. Jenkins, due to the ship being severely damaged beyond repair, ordered that the Atlanta be abandoned and sunk with a demolition charge.

Weyman was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2688079

Weyman also has a "Cenotaph" in the City Cemetery, Meriwether County, Georgia.
( see family links below )

( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )


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