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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

James Albert Beverly

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lockport, Kentucky

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

He was a crew member of USS Buck (DD-420) on 9 October 1943 when attacked by German submarine U-616 while on patrol off the Salerno beachhead and sunk. He was Missing in Action and later declared dead and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal.