U.S. Merchant Marine - World War II
Lyman Charles Hampton married Genevieve Beulah Simmons on April 30, 1937 in Merced County, California. Genevieve, or "Gen", was the daughter of Dewey George Simmons and Beulah Clara Causey. Lyman, who went by "Bud", and Genevieve had one daughter, Vonda Lee Hampton.
Lyman Hampton completed his World War II Draft Registration card on Oct 16, 1940 in Riverbank, Stanislaus Co., California. He listed his name as Lyman Henry Hampton, age 22, born Apr 30, 1918 in Richmond, California. He worked for B & J Market in Modesto, and listed Walter Wehe, his father-in-law, as the "person who will always know your address". His physical description was white, height 6 feet, weight 160, blue eyes and brown hair, with a light complexion.
Lyman joined the Merchant Marine in February 1943, and served aboard Liberty Ship #0459, the SS Benjamin Bonneville, an EC2-S-C1 class ship built by Kaiser Permanente Metals Corporation Yard #2 in Richmond, California, completed on Feb. 12, 1943 and assigned to the US Army Transportation Service (USAT).
Less than 3 months later, the day after his 25th birthday, Merchant Seaman Lyman Hampton "was hospitalized from his ship at Lautoke, a port on the North West coast of this island and died subsequent to his ship's departure from that port." Lyman died of blood poisoning at the US Army Seventh Evacuation Hospital in Sabeto, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. He was initially buried in the US Military Cemetery on Gapes Road in Sabeto, but was re-buried in the "Punch Bowl" National Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. As to what led to his death, the only clue is one line in a letter from the American Consulate in Fiji to the US Secretary of State, dated May 17, 1943, which stated in part "... seaman Hampton did not die as a result of enemy action...".
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OBITUARY: Modesto Bee, 1943.
MODESTANS' SON DIES IN HOSPITAL IN FIJIS
Official notification of the death of their son, Lyman C. Hampton, 25, in an army hospital in the Fiji Islands, was received yesterday from the war department by Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Winter, 1702 Morris Avenue.
Hampton, on duty with the merchant marine, had been in the service since February. No details of his death were available in the official communication.
Hampton, a graduate of the Modesto High School, had been employed by a chain grocery here until entering defense work in the bay area six months ago. He leaves, in addition to his parents, his widow, Genevieve, and a daughter, Vonda Lee, of Oakland; two sisters, Margaret Hampton of Carmel, and Mrs. Rose Frost of Turlock, and two brothers, Paul Hampton and Charles Winter of Modesto.
Lyman Charles Hampton married Genevieve Beulah Simmons on April 30, 1937 in Merced County, California. Genevieve, or "Gen", was the daughter of Dewey George Simmons and Beulah Clara Causey. Lyman, who went by "Bud", and Genevieve had one daughter, Vonda Lee Hampton.
Lyman Hampton completed his World War II Draft Registration card on Oct 16, 1940 in Riverbank, Stanislaus Co., California. He listed his name as Lyman Henry Hampton, age 22, born Apr 30, 1918 in Richmond, California. He worked for B & J Market in Modesto, and listed Walter Wehe, his father-in-law, as the "person who will always know your address". His physical description was white, height 6 feet, weight 160, blue eyes and brown hair, with a light complexion.
Lyman joined the Merchant Marine in February 1943, and served aboard Liberty Ship #0459, the SS Benjamin Bonneville, an EC2-S-C1 class ship built by Kaiser Permanente Metals Corporation Yard #2 in Richmond, California, completed on Feb. 12, 1943 and assigned to the US Army Transportation Service (USAT).
Less than 3 months later, the day after his 25th birthday, Merchant Seaman Lyman Hampton "was hospitalized from his ship at Lautoke, a port on the North West coast of this island and died subsequent to his ship's departure from that port." Lyman died of blood poisoning at the US Army Seventh Evacuation Hospital in Sabeto, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. He was initially buried in the US Military Cemetery on Gapes Road in Sabeto, but was re-buried in the "Punch Bowl" National Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. As to what led to his death, the only clue is one line in a letter from the American Consulate in Fiji to the US Secretary of State, dated May 17, 1943, which stated in part "... seaman Hampton did not die as a result of enemy action...".
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OBITUARY: Modesto Bee, 1943.
MODESTANS' SON DIES IN HOSPITAL IN FIJIS
Official notification of the death of their son, Lyman C. Hampton, 25, in an army hospital in the Fiji Islands, was received yesterday from the war department by Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Winter, 1702 Morris Avenue.
Hampton, on duty with the merchant marine, had been in the service since February. No details of his death were available in the official communication.
Hampton, a graduate of the Modesto High School, had been employed by a chain grocery here until entering defense work in the bay area six months ago. He leaves, in addition to his parents, his widow, Genevieve, and a daughter, Vonda Lee, of Oakland; two sisters, Margaret Hampton of Carmel, and Mrs. Rose Frost of Turlock, and two brothers, Paul Hampton and Charles Winter of Modesto.
U.S. Merchant Marine - World War II
Lyman Charles Hampton married Genevieve Beulah Simmons on April 30, 1937 in Merced County, California. Genevieve, or "Gen", was the daughter of Dewey George Simmons and Beulah Clara Causey. Lyman, who went by "Bud", and Genevieve had one daughter, Vonda Lee Hampton.
Lyman Hampton completed his World War II Draft Registration card on Oct 16, 1940 in Riverbank, Stanislaus Co., California. He listed his name as Lyman Henry Hampton, age 22, born Apr 30, 1918 in Richmond, California. He worked for B & J Market in Modesto, and listed Walter Wehe, his father-in-law, as the "person who will always know your address". His physical description was white, height 6 feet, weight 160, blue eyes and brown hair, with a light complexion.
Lyman joined the Merchant Marine in February 1943, and served aboard Liberty Ship #0459, the SS Benjamin Bonneville, an EC2-S-C1 class ship built by Kaiser Permanente Metals Corporation Yard #2 in Richmond, California, completed on Feb. 12, 1943 and assigned to the US Army Transportation Service (USAT).
Less than 3 months later, the day after his 25th birthday, Merchant Seaman Lyman Hampton "was hospitalized from his ship at Lautoke, a port on the North West coast of this island and died subsequent to his ship's departure from that port." Lyman died of blood poisoning at the US Army Seventh Evacuation Hospital in Sabeto, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. He was initially buried in the US Military Cemetery on Gapes Road in Sabeto, but was re-buried in the "Punch Bowl" National Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. As to what led to his death, the only clue is one line in a letter from the American Consulate in Fiji to the US Secretary of State, dated May 17, 1943, which stated in part "... seaman Hampton did not die as a result of enemy action...".
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OBITUARY: Modesto Bee, 1943.
MODESTANS' SON DIES IN HOSPITAL IN FIJIS
Official notification of the death of their son, Lyman C. Hampton, 25, in an army hospital in the Fiji Islands, was received yesterday from the war department by Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Winter, 1702 Morris Avenue.
Hampton, on duty with the merchant marine, had been in the service since February. No details of his death were available in the official communication.
Hampton, a graduate of the Modesto High School, had been employed by a chain grocery here until entering defense work in the bay area six months ago. He leaves, in addition to his parents, his widow, Genevieve, and a daughter, Vonda Lee, of Oakland; two sisters, Margaret Hampton of Carmel, and Mrs. Rose Frost of Turlock, and two brothers, Paul Hampton and Charles Winter of Modesto.
Lyman Charles Hampton married Genevieve Beulah Simmons on April 30, 1937 in Merced County, California. Genevieve, or "Gen", was the daughter of Dewey George Simmons and Beulah Clara Causey. Lyman, who went by "Bud", and Genevieve had one daughter, Vonda Lee Hampton.
Lyman Hampton completed his World War II Draft Registration card on Oct 16, 1940 in Riverbank, Stanislaus Co., California. He listed his name as Lyman Henry Hampton, age 22, born Apr 30, 1918 in Richmond, California. He worked for B & J Market in Modesto, and listed Walter Wehe, his father-in-law, as the "person who will always know your address". His physical description was white, height 6 feet, weight 160, blue eyes and brown hair, with a light complexion.
Lyman joined the Merchant Marine in February 1943, and served aboard Liberty Ship #0459, the SS Benjamin Bonneville, an EC2-S-C1 class ship built by Kaiser Permanente Metals Corporation Yard #2 in Richmond, California, completed on Feb. 12, 1943 and assigned to the US Army Transportation Service (USAT).
Less than 3 months later, the day after his 25th birthday, Merchant Seaman Lyman Hampton "was hospitalized from his ship at Lautoke, a port on the North West coast of this island and died subsequent to his ship's departure from that port." Lyman died of blood poisoning at the US Army Seventh Evacuation Hospital in Sabeto, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. He was initially buried in the US Military Cemetery on Gapes Road in Sabeto, but was re-buried in the "Punch Bowl" National Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii. As to what led to his death, the only clue is one line in a letter from the American Consulate in Fiji to the US Secretary of State, dated May 17, 1943, which stated in part "... seaman Hampton did not die as a result of enemy action...".
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OBITUARY: Modesto Bee, 1943.
MODESTANS' SON DIES IN HOSPITAL IN FIJIS
Official notification of the death of their son, Lyman C. Hampton, 25, in an army hospital in the Fiji Islands, was received yesterday from the war department by Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Winter, 1702 Morris Avenue.
Hampton, on duty with the merchant marine, had been in the service since February. No details of his death were available in the official communication.
Hampton, a graduate of the Modesto High School, had been employed by a chain grocery here until entering defense work in the bay area six months ago. He leaves, in addition to his parents, his widow, Genevieve, and a daughter, Vonda Lee, of Oakland; two sisters, Margaret Hampton of Carmel, and Mrs. Rose Frost of Turlock, and two brothers, Paul Hampton and Charles Winter of Modesto.
Inscription
E851
LYMAN N HAMPTON
APRIL 30 1918 MAY 1 1943
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Entered the service from California.
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