World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Elmer Franklin Crain, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Honored By
Charles J. Newman
Relationship
Fellow Submariner
ENSIGN. WAS LOST WITH ALL HIS SHIPMATES ON THE SUBMARINE USS TROUT SS 202. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1944. TROUT TOPPED OFF FUEL AND LEFT MIDWAY ISLAND ON HER ELEVENTH WAR PATROL AND NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. WHEN TROUT DID NOT RETURN TO MIDWAY ON APRIL 7 SHE WAS DECLARED OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST ON APRIL 17, 1944.