Name: Billy Franklin LATIMER
Rank / Rating: S1-Seaman First Class
Service #: 358 21 82
DOB: Dec 08, 1927
From: Mount Calm, TX
Parents: Robert Franklin Latimer
Went Aboard: Jun 12, 1945
Age When Ship Went Down: 17 years, 7 months, 22 days
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Bio Submitted By: Admin
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Burial at Sea Billy was one of the twenty-eight crew members picked up and identified by USS Helm between Sunday August 5, 1945 to Monday August 6, 1945. It not being possible to bring Billy aboard for the official Burial at Sea Ceremony he was placed in a sea bag, weighted with two 5" shells and "committed to the deep" by his fellow seamen.