Water Tender 1st Class US Navy WWII
William and his brother MM3 Raymond Hays Belk were lost at sea together aboard the
USS Pillsbury DD-227 in the South Java Sea.
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942.
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea
November 25, 1945
Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound
The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky); Friday, May 15, 1942; Page 1:
6 West Kentuckian Men Reported Missing by Navy
The Navy Department was quoted by the Associated Press as follows:
"The classification 'missing' covers those who cannot be accounted for, some of whom may be prisoners, some of whom may have been rescued at sea and landed in isolated spots and have no opportunity to communicate with the United States naval authorities.
Those listed as missing included:
Lieut. Jack Cobb Moore, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
John Richard Carr, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
William Bailey Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Raymond Hays Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Charles William Freeburger, Uniontown, Kentucky
John Burks Hawkins, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
William and his brother MM3 Raymond Hays Belk were lost at sea together aboard the
USS Pillsbury DD-227 in the South Java Sea.
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942.
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea
November 25, 1945
Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound
The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky); Friday, May 15, 1942; Page 1:
6 West Kentuckian Men Reported Missing by Navy
The Navy Department was quoted by the Associated Press as follows:
"The classification 'missing' covers those who cannot be accounted for, some of whom may be prisoners, some of whom may have been rescued at sea and landed in isolated spots and have no opportunity to communicate with the United States naval authorities.
Those listed as missing included:
Lieut. Jack Cobb Moore, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
John Richard Carr, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
William Bailey Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Raymond Hays Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Charles William Freeburger, Uniontown, Kentucky
John Burks Hawkins, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Water Tender 1st Class US Navy WWII
William and his brother MM3 Raymond Hays Belk were lost at sea together aboard the
USS Pillsbury DD-227 in the South Java Sea.
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942.
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea
November 25, 1945
Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound
The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky); Friday, May 15, 1942; Page 1:
6 West Kentuckian Men Reported Missing by Navy
The Navy Department was quoted by the Associated Press as follows:
"The classification 'missing' covers those who cannot be accounted for, some of whom may be prisoners, some of whom may have been rescued at sea and landed in isolated spots and have no opportunity to communicate with the United States naval authorities.
Those listed as missing included:
Lieut. Jack Cobb Moore, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
John Richard Carr, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
William Bailey Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Raymond Hays Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Charles William Freeburger, Uniontown, Kentucky
John Burks Hawkins, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
William and his brother MM3 Raymond Hays Belk were lost at sea together aboard the
USS Pillsbury DD-227 in the South Java Sea.
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942.
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea
November 25, 1945
Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound
The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky); Friday, May 15, 1942; Page 1:
6 West Kentuckian Men Reported Missing by Navy
The Navy Department was quoted by the Associated Press as follows:
"The classification 'missing' covers those who cannot be accounted for, some of whom may be prisoners, some of whom may have been rescued at sea and landed in isolated spots and have no opportunity to communicate with the United States naval authorities.
Those listed as missing included:
Lieut. Jack Cobb Moore, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
John Richard Carr, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
William Bailey Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Raymond Hays Belk, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Charles William Freeburger, Uniontown, Kentucky
John Burks Hawkins, Beaver Dam, Kentucky
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Entered the service from Louisville Kentucky July 30, 1935
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