LAMPHERE, FAYETTE ANTHONY, Storekeeper Third Class (no. 2125427), USS Langley, US Navy, †01/03/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joseph Lamphere, Underhill Center, Vt.
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He resided in Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont prior to the war.

On February 27, 1942 the U.S.S. Langley (CV-1) had been so badly damaged by Japanese dive bombers that she had to be scuttled by her own escorts.

The U.S.S. Whipple (DD-217) picked up the Langley survivors and on the next day, February 28, they were transferred to the U.S.S. Pecos (AO-6).

Fayette was a survivor of the Langley and was now on the Pecos.

On March 1st, the Pecos was sunk by a Japanese air attack from the planes on the aircraft carrier Sōryū & aircraft carrier Kaga. The Whipple arrived shortly after the sinking and picked up 231 survivors from the Pecos.

Fayette was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the Pecos.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2125427

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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LAMPHERE, FAYETTE ANTHONY, Storekeeper Third Class (no. 2125427), USS Langley, US Navy, †01/03/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joseph Lamphere, Underhill Center, Vt.
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He resided in Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont prior to the war.

On February 27, 1942 the U.S.S. Langley (CV-1) had been so badly damaged by Japanese dive bombers that she had to be scuttled by her own escorts.

The U.S.S. Whipple (DD-217) picked up the Langley survivors and on the next day, February 28, they were transferred to the U.S.S. Pecos (AO-6).

Fayette was a survivor of the Langley and was now on the Pecos.

On March 1st, the Pecos was sunk by a Japanese air attack from the planes on the aircraft carrier Sōryū & aircraft carrier Kaga. The Whipple arrived shortly after the sinking and picked up 231 survivors from the Pecos.

Fayette was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the Pecos.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2125427

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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