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William Franklin Waters Veteran

Birth: 6 Apr 1898
Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Death: 14 Sep 1944 (aged 46)
At Sea
Monument: East Coast Memorial

Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: Tablets of the missing
Memorial ID: 92786812 View Source

He also has a memorial marker at the Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery in Barboursville, West Virginia.
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Died on the Coast Guard cutter USS Jackson and ordered, along with sister cutter Bedloe, to go to the assistance of torpedoed merchant vessel George Ade off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in the midst of a powerful hurricane. Both cutters sank in the heavy seas. The Jackson lost 22 of her crew.
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Entered the service from Massachusetts.

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MOMM2C, US COAST GUARD WORLD WAR II

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Created by: ShaneO
Added: Jun 29, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92786812/william_franklin-waters: accessed ), memorial page for William Franklin Waters (6 Apr 1898–14 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92786812, citing East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).

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