World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles Erskine Albright, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Redondo Beach, California
Honored By
Stephen Savage
SERVED AS A COXSWAIN ABOARD THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35. AFTER DELIVERING THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB TO TINIAN ISLAND, HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK JULY 30, 1945. HE WAS AMONG 880 CREWMEN THAT WERE LOST AT SEA.