Accomack County: Drummond, Bowdoin Mears

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: Bowdoir

middle-name: Mears

last-name: Drummond

suffix:

home-address: Keller, Va.

county: Accomack

birthplace: Keller, Va.

date-of-birth: 1907-09-26

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 11

weight-lbs: 210

marital-status: Divorced

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children-1: None

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

college-years: 0

other:

degrees:

occupation: Taxi Driver

religious-affiliation: Methodist

citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.

father-s-name

first-name: Vinal

middle-name: W.

last-name: Drummond

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Janie

middle-name: Ethel

last-name: Mears

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1941-12-31

place-of-entry: Baltimore, Md.

rank-at-entry: Coxswain

first-served: U.S.Naval Reserve

branch-of-service: Navy

service-number: 602 06 15

previous-military-education-training-and-service: Served in the U.S. Army from March 26th, 1941, to Oct. 1941, was stationed at Camp Lee, Va., and discharged due to age in Oct. 1941.

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Camp Lee, Va., March 26, 1941-Oct. 1941 Great Lake Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill., Dec. 31 1941-March 1, '42 Little Creek Armed Guard School, Norfolk, Va., March 1, 1942-Mar. 20, '42

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Enlisted as Coxswain, 12-31-41

information-about-overseas-service: Left from Little Creek Armed Guard School, Norfolk, Va., about 20th of March, 1941, and was assigned to armed guard crew of S.S. Heredis, leaving from New York about 1st of April, 1942. The ship war torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico on May 19th, 1942, without warning, with the loss of five of the six man gun crew. The ship was headed from the Canal Zone to New Orleans, when she was attacked a 2:00 A.M.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Purple Heart

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Gulf of Mexico.

date-of-death: 1942-05-19

any-other-details-known:

photograph: No

next-of-kin

first-name: Janie

middle-name: Ethel

last-name: Drummond

suffix:

address: Keller, Va.

relationship: Mother

person-supplying-information

first-name: Carlton

middle-name: A.

last-name: Drummond

suffix:

address: Keller, Va.

person-submitting-information

first-name: Miss

middle-name:

last-name: Nock

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address: