From the USS Arizona Org.
I was sorry to read that the writer of the letter mention yesterday from Kingston, Illinois, did not survive the attack.
AVES, WILLARD CHARLES-- F2/C, USN-- ILLINOIS, KIA USS ARIZONA BB-39
Service Number: 300 19 18
Rate: Fireman Second Class
Duties: Fire and tend boilers. operate, adjust and repair pumps.
Enlisted: 8 October 1940, Chicago, Illinois
On board USS Arizona, 9 December 1940 from NTS Great Lakes
DOB: 28 June 1921, Kingston, Illinois
Hometown/state Dec. 1941: Kingston, Illinois
Next of kin: Mr. Charles Aves, father, Kingston, Illinois
Disposition: Unrecoverable
Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w'Star, WWII Victory Medal.
Sad to Find This. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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