Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
In Memory of the Men on the USS Laffey DD-724
Photographed by Dave W, May 20, 2023
1. In Memory of the Men on the USS Laffey DD-724 Marker
In memory of the men on the USS Laffey DD-724 who gave their lives protecting their ship and their shipmates in action on Radar Picket Station #1, Okinawa, 16 April 1945
May they rest in Peace and may their Memory be Eternal
James Williams Fravel Jerome Butler Sheets Robert Clarence Thompson Henry Marshall Benson Charles Arthur Broussard Edward John Brown Fred Durell Burgess, Jr. Calvin Wesley Cloer Bernard Edwards George Falotico Chester Carlton Flint Conley Eugene Fowler Francis Ray Hallas La Verne George Hazan William Ernest Heyes Madoc Kenyon Irish John Labert Johnson Paul Butler Johnson Lawrence Francis Kelley Joseph Hild Klindworth James Marcelle LaPoint Frank William Lehtonen Ronald George Martin Joseph Edward Mele William Lamar Morris Jack Harris Ondracek Ross Epworth Peterson Joseph Rogowski James Trenton Rothgeb Earl Eldridge Waters Rosier Bernard Wright, Jr.
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Memorial Tree and Base Donors
Bartlett Tree Service, Inc, Patriots Point Foundation, Evans Steel Service, Inc, Valmont Columbia Galvanizing
Erected 2014 by The USS Laffey Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 16, 1945.
Location.
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, 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: Talos Missile (within shouting distance of this marker); Combat Wounded Veterans (within shouting distance of this marker); South Carolina Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Patriots Point Vietnam Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Three Memorial (about 400 feet away); USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft Carrier (about 500 feet away); Clamagore (SS-343) (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.
Also see . . . USS Laffey (DD-724) (Wikipedia).
Overview: USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. The ship earned the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die" for her exploits during the D-Day invasion and the battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault(Submitted on June 3, 2023.)by conventional bombers and the most unrelenting kamikaze air attack in history. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point, outside Charleston, South Carolina.Photographed by Dave W, May 20, 20232. In Memory of the Men on the USS Laffey DD-724 Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 468 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
