Name: William Enloe SHELTON Jr.
Rank / Rating: SM2-Signalman Second Class
Service #: 644 66 10
DOB: Jul 07, 1923
From: Ball, LA
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Enloe Shelton, Sr.
Went Aboard: Feb 24, 1943
Age When Ship Went Down: 22 years, 0 months, 23 days
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Bio Submitted By: Admin
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Burial at Sea William 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 William aboard for the official Burial at Sea Ceremony he was reverently placed in a sea bag, weighted with two 5" shells and "committed to the deep" by his fellow seamen.