Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
USS Kidd KIA Memorial
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 5, 2019
1. USS Kidd KIA Memorial
In memory of the Officers and men of the USS Kidd who gave their lives in the action of 11 April 1945 off Okinawa.
Greishaber, George P., Lieut. (JG) USNR
Berwick, Robert A., Ens (SC) USNR
Bridgewater, Dorsey C., s 1/C USNR
Smith, Addison F., CQM (AA)(T) USN
Hansen, Sylvester W., CWT (AA)(T) USN
Hamilton, John F., CST (AA)(T) USN
Payne, Morgan A. GM 1/C (T) USNR
Carmody, James E., WT 1/C (T) USNR
DAmico, Felix P., WT 1/C (T) USNR
Abernethy, William M., M 2/C (T) USNR
Walsh, Jack L., WT 2/C (T) USNR
Gothreau, Eugene E., SM 2/C (T) USNR
Hyde, Richard W., BKR 2/C (T) USN
Thompson, Solomon, STM 2/C USNR
Green, Charles E., STM 2/C USN
Gutterman, Bernard, TM 3/C (T) USNR
Faufaw, Milford A., SM 3/C USN
Olen, James N., EM 3/C USNR
Allwhite, Charles N., F 1/C USNR
Hoeft, Clifford A., F 1/C USNR
Kemmerer, Clifford E., F 1/C USNR
Walker, Robert F., F 1/C USNR
Canada, John W., Jr., S 1/C USNR
Higginbotham, Louie C., S 1/C USNR
Hodges, Lester B., S 1/C USNR
Kelsey, Harold G., S 1/C USNR
Kraisinger, George R., S 1/C USNR
Wall, William J., S 1/C USNR
Bynog, Lawrence S 1/C USNR
Heaton, Fredric B., F 2/C USNR
Kornowski, Dennis M., F 2/C USNR
Henson, Virgile A., S 2/C USNR
Jenkins, Charles K., S 2/C USNR
Kostelnik, Bernard V., S 2/C
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Lee, Arthur, S 2/C USNR
Leonard, Russell J., S 2/C USNR
Miller, John Jr., S 2/C USNR
Lee, Darvin R., AS USNR
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 30° 26.66′ N, 91° 11.488′ W. Memorial is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It can be reached from South River Road near Government Street. Western terminus Government Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 305 South River Road, Baton Rouge LA 70802, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U.S.S. Kidd (within shouting distance of this marker); Purple Heart Ship (within shouting distance of this marker); USS KIDD - "DD 661" (within shouting distance of this marker); Riverfront Plaza (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); United States Coast Guard Memorial Plaza (about 400 feet away); USCGC White Alder (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Riverfront Plaza (about 400 feet away); The D'Artaguiette Concession (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.
More about this memorial. Located starboard midship, on bulkhead
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 5, 2019
2. USS Kidd KIA Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 28, 2019.
