Army Service No. (ASN): #38007228
Awards: Purple Heart

U.S. Army World War II Veteran. Born at Essex, Iowa and moved to the Laird community, Colorado with his parents in 1918. He enlisted into the service on March 11, 1941 and served as a Sergeant with the 32nd Photographic Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group, 15th Air Force. He was a passenger on the Liberty ship S.S. Paul Hamilton, a part of convoy UGS38, which was sunk, with all hands when attacked by German bombers near North Africa in the Mediterranean Sea. A total of 580 men, 47 crew, 504 Army Air Force personal and 29 Armed Guards, lost their lives. The loss of the Paul Hamilton produced the largest casualty list of any Liberty ship sinking in World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Yuma County, Colorado...Killed In Action.

***My deepest appreciation goes out to John "J-Cat" Griffith (#46568383) for his transfer of this memorial to my care as well as adding his photos***

Army Service No. (ASN): #38007228
Awards: Purple Heart

U.S. Army World War II Veteran. Born at Essex, Iowa and moved to the Laird community, Colorado with his parents in 1918. He enlisted into the service on March 11, 1941 and served as a Sergeant with the 32nd Photographic Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group, 15th Air Force. He was a passenger on the Liberty ship S.S. Paul Hamilton, a part of convoy UGS38, which was sunk, with all hands when attacked by German bombers near North Africa in the Mediterranean Sea. A total of 580 men, 47 crew, 504 Army Air Force personal and 29 Armed Guards, lost their lives. The loss of the Paul Hamilton produced the largest casualty list of any Liberty ship sinking in World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Yuma County, Colorado...Killed In Action.

***My deepest appreciation goes out to John "J-Cat" Griffith (#46568383) for his transfer of this memorial to my care as well as adding his photos***