The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

USS West Virginia Victim to be Buried in Effingham, Illinois, This Month: Keith Tipsworth

From the November 7, 2022, Effingham (Illinois) Radio "Former Navy machinist mate 1st class and Effingham County native Keith Tipsworth  returning home."

More than  eighty years after his death at Pearl Harbor, Effingham  native Keith Tipsworth is coming home.  He was a Navy Machinsit Mate 1st Class stationed on the battleship USS West Virginia that fateful day and one of 106 crewmen aboard the ship who were killed.

His remains will arrive at St. Louis Lambert Airport on Thursday, November 10 and will make their way to Effingham to Johnson Funeral Home.  Funeral services will  be held Tuesday, November 15 at the funeral home with visitation prior to the service from  10 to 11 am.

Burial will be at Moccasin  Cemetery in rural Beecher City, Illinois.

--GreGen


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