World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Lionel Gordon Hines
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Groves, Texas
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A WATER TENDER ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35). AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK ON JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS ONE OF 880 CREWMEN THAT WERE LOST AT SEA.