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_____, TX—Thursday, 18 March 1948
The body of Hubert P. Alford of Clarksville [Red River Co.], who was serving with the navy when he lost his life in the summer of 1942 in the South Pacific, arrived back home Thursday afternoon aboard a Texas & Pacific train, from the Ft. Worth Quartermaster Depot, to which it had been forwarded from San Francisco.
Jolley-Weaver Funeral Home took charge at the train. The remains were taken to the Home to remain until funeral time Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Claude Martin, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be at Fairview.
Pall bearers will be Calvin Brannan, Weslie Sweeden, Pete Holly, Jack Shirley, Sherman Martin and Monroe Cornet. Military rites will be observed.
Hubert P. Alford, 25, son of Mrs. Katie Alford of Clarksville, the first Red River County boy to be killed in World War II, died from injuries received when the Japanese sank the USS Colhoun on August 15 [sic], 1942. Alford was a member of the crew of the USS Colhoun, serving as a machinist mate. The ship was sunk after it had reached safety on Guadacanal, early in the Solomon campaign. The first announcement of the loss of the USS Colhoun came over the radio on the night of September 5, with the statement that the next of kin of all who lost their lives had been notified. On September 25, Mrs. Alford was officially notified of the death of her son.
Alford was born January 15, 1918, at Annona [Red River Co., TX]. He attended school at Sherry, Aikin Grove and Clarksville. He enlisted in the army before the war and served his enlistment period at Fort Frances E. Warren, Wyoming. Following his release he returned to Clarksville and within a few weeks volunteered for service in the navy. He underwent training at Norfolk, Va., being assigned to the USS Rogers. The Rogers was turned over to the British on a later date and the crew was turned over to the U.S.S. Colhoun. Subsequently the USS Rogers was sunk by the German fleet. Alford's last visit home was on December 7, when he arrived in Clarksville on a furlough and found an order awaiting his arrival here commanding his return to duty immediately.
He was awarded several medals, including the Purple Heart, for extraordinary service in both the army and navy. Three of his brothers served overseas during the war, two escaping injuries. They were Horace Alford, with the army, who was injured twice in New Guinea; Travis Alford, with the marines; and Coy Alford, with the army.
Survivors are: Mrs. Katie Alford, mother, three sisters and four brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Lucille Tilghman, Wichita Falls; Mrs. Mack Brewer, Clarksville; and Miss Edith Alford, Clarksville. Brothers are: Norris Alford, Grand Prairie; Travis Alford, Clarksville; Horace Alford, Clarksville; and Coy Alford, Clarksville.
NOTE:
The obituary lists the date that the ship sank incorrectly. From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Destroyers:
At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while Colhoun was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a diesel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all the men in the after deck house. Tank lighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and Colhoun sank at 09° 24' S., 160° 01' E. Fifty-one men were killed and 18 wounded in this action.
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_____, TX—Thursday, 18 March 1948
The body of Hubert P. Alford of Clarksville [Red River Co.], who was serving with the navy when he lost his life in the summer of 1942 in the South Pacific, arrived back home Thursday afternoon aboard a Texas & Pacific train, from the Ft. Worth Quartermaster Depot, to which it had been forwarded from San Francisco.
Jolley-Weaver Funeral Home took charge at the train. The remains were taken to the Home to remain until funeral time Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Claude Martin, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be at Fairview.
Pall bearers will be Calvin Brannan, Weslie Sweeden, Pete Holly, Jack Shirley, Sherman Martin and Monroe Cornet. Military rites will be observed.
Hubert P. Alford, 25, son of Mrs. Katie Alford of Clarksville, the first Red River County boy to be killed in World War II, died from injuries received when the Japanese sank the USS Colhoun on August 15 [sic], 1942. Alford was a member of the crew of the USS Colhoun, serving as a machinist mate. The ship was sunk after it had reached safety on Guadacanal, early in the Solomon campaign. The first announcement of the loss of the USS Colhoun came over the radio on the night of September 5, with the statement that the next of kin of all who lost their lives had been notified. On September 25, Mrs. Alford was officially notified of the death of her son.
Alford was born January 15, 1918, at Annona [Red River Co., TX]. He attended school at Sherry, Aikin Grove and Clarksville. He enlisted in the army before the war and served his enlistment period at Fort Frances E. Warren, Wyoming. Following his release he returned to Clarksville and within a few weeks volunteered for service in the navy. He underwent training at Norfolk, Va., being assigned to the USS Rogers. The Rogers was turned over to the British on a later date and the crew was turned over to the U.S.S. Colhoun. Subsequently the USS Rogers was sunk by the German fleet. Alford's last visit home was on December 7, when he arrived in Clarksville on a furlough and found an order awaiting his arrival here commanding his return to duty immediately.
He was awarded several medals, including the Purple Heart, for extraordinary service in both the army and navy. Three of his brothers served overseas during the war, two escaping injuries. They were Horace Alford, with the army, who was injured twice in New Guinea; Travis Alford, with the marines; and Coy Alford, with the army.
Survivors are: Mrs. Katie Alford, mother, three sisters and four brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Lucille Tilghman, Wichita Falls; Mrs. Mack Brewer, Clarksville; and Miss Edith Alford, Clarksville. Brothers are: Norris Alford, Grand Prairie; Travis Alford, Clarksville; Horace Alford, Clarksville; and Coy Alford, Clarksville.
NOTE:
The obituary lists the date that the ship sank incorrectly. From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Destroyers:
At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while Colhoun was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a diesel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all the men in the after deck house. Tank lighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and Colhoun sank at 09° 24' S., 160° 01' E. Fifty-one men were killed and 18 wounded in this action.
Obituary:
Source unknown
_____, TX—Thursday, 18 March 1948
The body of Hubert P. Alford of Clarksville [Red River Co.], who was serving with the navy when he lost his life in the summer of 1942 in the South Pacific, arrived back home Thursday afternoon aboard a Texas & Pacific train, from the Ft. Worth Quartermaster Depot, to which it had been forwarded from San Francisco.
Jolley-Weaver Funeral Home took charge at the train. The remains were taken to the Home to remain until funeral time Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Claude Martin, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be at Fairview.
Pall bearers will be Calvin Brannan, Weslie Sweeden, Pete Holly, Jack Shirley, Sherman Martin and Monroe Cornet. Military rites will be observed.
Hubert P. Alford, 25, son of Mrs. Katie Alford of Clarksville, the first Red River County boy to be killed in World War II, died from injuries received when the Japanese sank the USS Colhoun on August 15 [sic], 1942. Alford was a member of the crew of the USS Colhoun, serving as a machinist mate. The ship was sunk after it had reached safety on Guadacanal, early in the Solomon campaign. The first announcement of the loss of the USS Colhoun came over the radio on the night of September 5, with the statement that the next of kin of all who lost their lives had been notified. On September 25, Mrs. Alford was officially notified of the death of her son.
Alford was born January 15, 1918, at Annona [Red River Co., TX]. He attended school at Sherry, Aikin Grove and Clarksville. He enlisted in the army before the war and served his enlistment period at Fort Frances E. Warren, Wyoming. Following his release he returned to Clarksville and within a few weeks volunteered for service in the navy. He underwent training at Norfolk, Va., being assigned to the USS Rogers. The Rogers was turned over to the British on a later date and the crew was turned over to the U.S.S. Colhoun. Subsequently the USS Rogers was sunk by the German fleet. Alford's last visit home was on December 7, when he arrived in Clarksville on a furlough and found an order awaiting his arrival here commanding his return to duty immediately.
He was awarded several medals, including the Purple Heart, for extraordinary service in both the army and navy. Three of his brothers served overseas during the war, two escaping injuries. They were Horace Alford, with the army, who was injured twice in New Guinea; Travis Alford, with the marines; and Coy Alford, with the army.
Survivors are: Mrs. Katie Alford, mother, three sisters and four brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Lucille Tilghman, Wichita Falls; Mrs. Mack Brewer, Clarksville; and Miss Edith Alford, Clarksville. Brothers are: Norris Alford, Grand Prairie; Travis Alford, Clarksville; Horace Alford, Clarksville; and Coy Alford, Clarksville.
NOTE:
The obituary lists the date that the ship sank incorrectly. From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Destroyers:
At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while Colhoun was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a diesel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all the men in the after deck house. Tank lighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and Colhoun sank at 09° 24' S., 160° 01' E. Fifty-one men were killed and 18 wounded in this action.
Source unknown
_____, TX—Thursday, 18 March 1948
The body of Hubert P. Alford of Clarksville [Red River Co.], who was serving with the navy when he lost his life in the summer of 1942 in the South Pacific, arrived back home Thursday afternoon aboard a Texas & Pacific train, from the Ft. Worth Quartermaster Depot, to which it had been forwarded from San Francisco.
Jolley-Weaver Funeral Home took charge at the train. The remains were taken to the Home to remain until funeral time Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Claude Martin, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be at Fairview.
Pall bearers will be Calvin Brannan, Weslie Sweeden, Pete Holly, Jack Shirley, Sherman Martin and Monroe Cornet. Military rites will be observed.
Hubert P. Alford, 25, son of Mrs. Katie Alford of Clarksville, the first Red River County boy to be killed in World War II, died from injuries received when the Japanese sank the USS Colhoun on August 15 [sic], 1942. Alford was a member of the crew of the USS Colhoun, serving as a machinist mate. The ship was sunk after it had reached safety on Guadacanal, early in the Solomon campaign. The first announcement of the loss of the USS Colhoun came over the radio on the night of September 5, with the statement that the next of kin of all who lost their lives had been notified. On September 25, Mrs. Alford was officially notified of the death of her son.
Alford was born January 15, 1918, at Annona [Red River Co., TX]. He attended school at Sherry, Aikin Grove and Clarksville. He enlisted in the army before the war and served his enlistment period at Fort Frances E. Warren, Wyoming. Following his release he returned to Clarksville and within a few weeks volunteered for service in the navy. He underwent training at Norfolk, Va., being assigned to the USS Rogers. The Rogers was turned over to the British on a later date and the crew was turned over to the U.S.S. Colhoun. Subsequently the USS Rogers was sunk by the German fleet. Alford's last visit home was on December 7, when he arrived in Clarksville on a furlough and found an order awaiting his arrival here commanding his return to duty immediately.
He was awarded several medals, including the Purple Heart, for extraordinary service in both the army and navy. Three of his brothers served overseas during the war, two escaping injuries. They were Horace Alford, with the army, who was injured twice in New Guinea; Travis Alford, with the marines; and Coy Alford, with the army.
Survivors are: Mrs. Katie Alford, mother, three sisters and four brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Lucille Tilghman, Wichita Falls; Mrs. Mack Brewer, Clarksville; and Miss Edith Alford, Clarksville. Brothers are: Norris Alford, Grand Prairie; Travis Alford, Clarksville; Horace Alford, Clarksville; and Coy Alford, Clarksville.
NOTE:
The obituary lists the date that the ship sank incorrectly. From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Destroyers:
At 1400 on 30 August 1942, while Colhoun was on patrol off Guadalcanal, she was struck in a Japanese air raid. The first hits wrecked the ship's boats and the after davits and started a diesel fire from the boat wreckage. In a second attack, a succession of hits on the starboard side brought down the foremast, blew two 20mm. guns and one 4" gun off the ship, and damaged the engineering spaces. Two more direct hits killed all the men in the after deck house. Tank lighters from Guadalcanal rescued the crew, and Colhoun sank at 09° 24' S., 160° 01' E. Fifty-one men were killed and 18 wounded in this action.
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