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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Robert Bernard Cotter

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Honored By

Brenda, Debra, Susan, Robert & Christopher

Relationship

Children

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED FROM 1940 - 1949. HE WAS A GUNNERS' MATE SECOND CLASS ON THE USS SMITH AND THE USS NAMAKAGON. THE DESTROYER THE USS SMITH WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE TORPEDO PLANE, DURING THE BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ, FIGHTING TO HOLD GUADALCANAL ON OCTOBER 26, 1942.