World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Carl Wesley Gillett
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Port Dickinson, New York
Honored By
Michael D. Gillett
Relationship
Nephew
SERVED AS A COXSWAIN OF A LANDING BARGE. HIS BARGE AND THE SHIP THAT WAS TOWING IT WERE BOMBED AND BLOWN UP NEAR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY THE JAPANESE. ALL PERSONNEL ON THE BARGE AND THE SHIP WERE KILLED. HE DIED AT AGE OF 25.