World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Orman Rudolph Wimmer
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
High Springs, Florida
SERVED ABOARD USS WALKE DD-416, TOOK PART IN BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL. WAS PART OF TASK FORCE 64 SENT TO IRONBOTTOM SOUND NEAR SALVO ISLAND TO PROTECT GROUND FORCE ON ISLAND OF GUADALCANAL. THE SHIP WAS HIT BY SHELL AND TORPEDO FIRE ON NOVEMBER 14, 1942.