HOUSTON ERNEST EDWARDS-- Chief Electrician's Mate, Service # 355 46 35, Born Oct. 8, 1901 From Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Died of cerebral malaria, beriberi and dysentery.
FRABK ELMER McCREARY-- Machinist's Mate First Class, Service #346 16 79, Born Oct. 10, 1904, From Marble Hill, Mo.
Died Jan. 4, 1943 at Fukukoa, Japan of pneumonia.
ALBERT KENNETH NEWSOM-- Chief Machinist's Mate, Service# 265 53 46 from Ahoskie, N.C., Born Feb. 13, 1909. Died April 6, 1945 at Mankassar Prison Camp of Pellagra.
ROBERT ARCHIBALD WILSON-- Fire Controlman First Class, Service # 223 34 64, Born Oct. 26, 1917, From Weehawken, N.J.
Died June 15, 1945 at Makassar Prison Camp of bacterial dysentery and Pellagra.
Five of the 60+ crew members died in prison.
--GreGen
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.
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