World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Nebraska Dunston
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Spring Hope, North Carolina
Honored By
Richard E. Miller
Relationship
Historian
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THREE SERVICE MEMBERS OF AFRICAN DESCENT KILLED IN ACTION DURING WWII. HE WAS A NAVY MESS ATTENDANT LOST WHEN THE USS REUBEN JAMES DD-245 WAS TORPEDOED AND SANK IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON OCTOBER 30, 1941.