World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Felix Carmen Cerra
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Mary Jo Loyd
Relationship
3rd cousin
SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. BEGAN HIS MILITARY SERVICE ON AUG. 15, 1942. WHILE SERVING ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIED USS FRANKLIN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS A GUNNER’S MATE SECOND CLASS, WAS INITIALLY LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION BEFORE HIS PARENTS WERE EVENTUALLY NOTIFIED THAT HIS DEATH WAS BY DROWNING IN ACTION ON OCT. 22, 1944.