World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Clarence Carlton Garman
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newport, Kentucky
Honored By
Bellevue Veterans Club
SERVED ABOARD USS COOPER DD-695. HIT BY JAPANESE TORPEDO MID-SHIP, BROKE IN TWO AND SUNK IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE DURING BATTLE OF ORMOC BAY, LEYTE, PHILIPPINES ON NIGHT OF DECEMBER 3, 1944; LOSS OF 191 OF HER CREW.