World War II Honoree

Kenneth A. Frye

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Boston, Massachusetts

Honored By

Kenneth Nolan

Relationship

Grandson

MERCHANT MARINER, TANKERMAN. ENLISTED AUGUST 1942. SERVED IN VARIOUS RATINGS WITHIN DECK DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM AND GASOLINE TRANSPORTING TANKSHIPS UNDER CONTROL OF THE WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION AS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE IN OCEANGOING SERVICE. PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS FOREIGN, INTER-COASTAL AND COASTWISE CRUISES IN ATLANTIC, PACIFIC AND MEDITERRANEAN-MIDDLE EASTERN WAR ZONES INCLUDING CONVOYS TO MURMANSK, RUSSIA. CAME UNDER ENEMY ATTACK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS INCLUDING THE ATTACK, ABANDONMENT AND SINKING OF THE LIBERTY SHIP SS CHARLES MORGAN OFF UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE JUNE 10, 1944. CONTINUED IN LENGTHY MERCHANT SERVICE CAREER POST-WAR UNTIL RETIREMENT.