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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James E. Ware

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Greenville, South Carolina

Honored By

USS Block Island Association

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ON THE USS BARR (DE-576) AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. ON MAY 29, 1944, THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21), WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE USS BARR PURSUED THE U-BOAT (U-549), UNTIL AROUND 2030 WHEN A TORPEDO STRUCK BARR AS WELL.