Julius served as a Steward's Mate Second Class, U.S.S. Hutchins (DD-476), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on September 24, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was assigned to the Hutchins on November 17, 1942.
The Hutchins, while testing her guns off Hawaii, had an electrical failure that caused one of her guns to fire into one of the stacks, killing 10 men and wounding twenty.
Julius died in the "Line Of Duty" in this accident during the war.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on October 26, 1947.
Service # 6025862
Son of Bethenia Nutter.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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The ten who lost their lives in this accident:
McKenna, James P ~ S2c, MA
Montclair, Francis J ~ MOMM2c, CA
Nettleton, Bruce A ~ S2c, CT
Nutter, Julius ~ StM2c, MD
Robson, William ~ GM3c, TX
St Jean, William J ~ S2c, NH
Tucker, Paul C, Jr ~ S1c, VA
Van Valkenburg, Donald ~ S1c, NY
Vollrath, Frederick T ~ S1c, PA
Waldron, Douglas W ~ S1c, NY
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News Article submitted by Dan Phelan:
The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Oct 25, 1947, page 1:
First of County's War Dead Arrives Here
Wicomico County's first World War II dead to arrive here will come to his final resting place tomorrow.
StM2c Julius Nutter, Negro, son of Gilbert Nutter and Mrs. Bethenia Nutter, arrived in a sealed casket yesterday aboard a train. His body was guarded by Navy Chief A.M. Wiley, Negro, Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphia. He was killed in the Pacific Theater in 1943.
More than 60 members of the local Negro American Legion Spirit of Democracy Post No. 145 will participate in the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Asbury Methodist Church in Nanticoke. Rev. W.C. Thomas, pastor, will officiate and internment is to be in the church cemetery.
Sisters and brothers surviving are Frances, Ella May, Irma and Margaret Anne Nutter, and Ernest Nutter, all of Nanticoke.
Nutter arrived in San Francisco October 1.
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He resided in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on September 24, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was assigned to the Hutchins on November 17, 1942.
The Hutchins, while testing her guns off Hawaii, had an electrical failure that caused one of her guns to fire into one of the stacks, killing 10 men and wounding twenty.
Julius died in the "Line Of Duty" in this accident during the war.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on October 26, 1947.
Service # 6025862
Son of Bethenia Nutter.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The ten who lost their lives in this accident:
McKenna, James P ~ S2c, MA
Montclair, Francis J ~ MOMM2c, CA
Nettleton, Bruce A ~ S2c, CT
Nutter, Julius ~ StM2c, MD
Robson, William ~ GM3c, TX
St Jean, William J ~ S2c, NH
Tucker, Paul C, Jr ~ S1c, VA
Van Valkenburg, Donald ~ S1c, NY
Vollrath, Frederick T ~ S1c, PA
Waldron, Douglas W ~ S1c, NY
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News Article submitted by Dan Phelan:
The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Oct 25, 1947, page 1:
First of County's War Dead Arrives Here
Wicomico County's first World War II dead to arrive here will come to his final resting place tomorrow.
StM2c Julius Nutter, Negro, son of Gilbert Nutter and Mrs. Bethenia Nutter, arrived in a sealed casket yesterday aboard a train. His body was guarded by Navy Chief A.M. Wiley, Negro, Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphia. He was killed in the Pacific Theater in 1943.
More than 60 members of the local Negro American Legion Spirit of Democracy Post No. 145 will participate in the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Asbury Methodist Church in Nanticoke. Rev. W.C. Thomas, pastor, will officiate and internment is to be in the church cemetery.
Sisters and brothers surviving are Frances, Ella May, Irma and Margaret Anne Nutter, and Ernest Nutter, all of Nanticoke.
Nutter arrived in San Francisco October 1.
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Julius served as a Steward's Mate Second Class, U.S.S. Hutchins (DD-476), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on September 24, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was assigned to the Hutchins on November 17, 1942.
The Hutchins, while testing her guns off Hawaii, had an electrical failure that caused one of her guns to fire into one of the stacks, killing 10 men and wounding twenty.
Julius died in the "Line Of Duty" in this accident during the war.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on October 26, 1947.
Service # 6025862
Son of Bethenia Nutter.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The ten who lost their lives in this accident:
McKenna, James P ~ S2c, MA
Montclair, Francis J ~ MOMM2c, CA
Nettleton, Bruce A ~ S2c, CT
Nutter, Julius ~ StM2c, MD
Robson, William ~ GM3c, TX
St Jean, William J ~ S2c, NH
Tucker, Paul C, Jr ~ S1c, VA
Van Valkenburg, Donald ~ S1c, NY
Vollrath, Frederick T ~ S1c, PA
Waldron, Douglas W ~ S1c, NY
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article submitted by Dan Phelan:
The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Oct 25, 1947, page 1:
First of County's War Dead Arrives Here
Wicomico County's first World War II dead to arrive here will come to his final resting place tomorrow.
StM2c Julius Nutter, Negro, son of Gilbert Nutter and Mrs. Bethenia Nutter, arrived in a sealed casket yesterday aboard a train. His body was guarded by Navy Chief A.M. Wiley, Negro, Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphia. He was killed in the Pacific Theater in 1943.
More than 60 members of the local Negro American Legion Spirit of Democracy Post No. 145 will participate in the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Asbury Methodist Church in Nanticoke. Rev. W.C. Thomas, pastor, will officiate and internment is to be in the church cemetery.
Sisters and brothers surviving are Frances, Ella May, Irma and Margaret Anne Nutter, and Ernest Nutter, all of Nanticoke.
Nutter arrived in San Francisco October 1.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on September 24, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was assigned to the Hutchins on November 17, 1942.
The Hutchins, while testing her guns off Hawaii, had an electrical failure that caused one of her guns to fire into one of the stacks, killing 10 men and wounding twenty.
Julius died in the "Line Of Duty" in this accident during the war.
He was originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on October 26, 1947.
Service # 6025862
Son of Bethenia Nutter.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The ten who lost their lives in this accident:
McKenna, James P ~ S2c, MA
Montclair, Francis J ~ MOMM2c, CA
Nettleton, Bruce A ~ S2c, CT
Nutter, Julius ~ StM2c, MD
Robson, William ~ GM3c, TX
St Jean, William J ~ S2c, NH
Tucker, Paul C, Jr ~ S1c, VA
Van Valkenburg, Donald ~ S1c, NY
Vollrath, Frederick T ~ S1c, PA
Waldron, Douglas W ~ S1c, NY
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article submitted by Dan Phelan:
The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, Oct 25, 1947, page 1:
First of County's War Dead Arrives Here
Wicomico County's first World War II dead to arrive here will come to his final resting place tomorrow.
StM2c Julius Nutter, Negro, son of Gilbert Nutter and Mrs. Bethenia Nutter, arrived in a sealed casket yesterday aboard a train. His body was guarded by Navy Chief A.M. Wiley, Negro, Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphia. He was killed in the Pacific Theater in 1943.
More than 60 members of the local Negro American Legion Spirit of Democracy Post No. 145 will participate in the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Asbury Methodist Church in Nanticoke. Rev. W.C. Thomas, pastor, will officiate and internment is to be in the church cemetery.
Sisters and brothers surviving are Frances, Ella May, Irma and Margaret Anne Nutter, and Ernest Nutter, all of Nanticoke.
Nutter arrived in San Francisco October 1.
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