World War II Honoree

James Milton Beardsworth

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Tiverton, Rhode Island

Honored By

Virginia J. Blackburn

Relationship

Niece

ENLISTED NOVEMBER 17, 1942 AT PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. RECEIVING STATION, WASHINGTON D.C. AND NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOR FURTHER TRAINING FROM JANUARY 28, 1943 TO APRIL 15, 1943. RECEIVING STATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 9, 1943. USS FOGG DE-57, JULY 7, 1943. ESCORTED 8 CONVOY VOYAGES FROM NEW YORK TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND ENGLAND. GUARDED THE FLOW OF MEN AND MATERIALS FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE PUSH ACROSS THE CONTINENT FROM OCTOBER 13, 1943 TO DECEMBER 20, 1944. WHILE ESCORTING A CONVOY HOMEWARD BOUND FROM ENGLAND THE USS FOGG WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN AN EXPLOSION BY A TORPEDO FROM AN ENEMY SUBMARINE. KILLED IN ACTION DURING THIS ATTACK ON DECEMBER 20, 1944. MEMORIALIZED AT SAINT JAMES CEMETERY IN MANCHI, FRANCE. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.