Victim of the munition ship explosion at Port Chicago, California.
Leroy, who was stationed at the US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago, died in a huge explosion as two ammunition ships were being loaded. See the Port Chicago Sailor memorial for the Golden Gate National Cemetery for more information about the accident and ensuing mutiny. Altogether, 320 men perished in the explosion.
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The following was contributed by Tom Brocher (#47674416)
Port Chicago Victims buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery
Identified Victims (seventeen total; all interred in Section L):
S2C Bridges, James, US Naval Barracks
BM1C Broda, Peter George, US Coast Guard
S1C Coffee, Eugene, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Coley, Enos, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hamilton, A D, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hughes, Glen, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hughes, Leroy, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Johnson, Harold, US Naval Barracks
S1C Johnson, Milton Frank, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Mathews, Lawrence, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
CCM McFarland, Clarence K, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Nettles, Willis, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S1C Riley, Charles Hobart, US Coast Guard
S2C Sanders, Robert, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Walker, Walter Lee, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Woods, James Edward, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
Civilian Hunnicutt, Raymond Virgil, Civilian Employee of the US Navy
Unknown, Sailors (twenty-seven total):
Section H (Sites 666, 760, 1057, 1130, 1158, 1216)
Section L (Sites 6038, 6044-6045, 8215, 8246, 8249, 8253, 8285, 8288-8289, 8291-8292, 8300, 8304-8305, 8307-8308, 8328, 8333, 8336, 8342)
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View Cenotaph HERE.
Victim of the munition ship explosion at Port Chicago, California.
Leroy, who was stationed at the US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago, died in a huge explosion as two ammunition ships were being loaded. See the Port Chicago Sailor memorial for the Golden Gate National Cemetery for more information about the accident and ensuing mutiny. Altogether, 320 men perished in the explosion.
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The following was contributed by Tom Brocher (#47674416)
Port Chicago Victims buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery
Identified Victims (seventeen total; all interred in Section L):
S2C Bridges, James, US Naval Barracks
BM1C Broda, Peter George, US Coast Guard
S1C Coffee, Eugene, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Coley, Enos, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hamilton, A D, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hughes, Glen, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Hughes, Leroy, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Johnson, Harold, US Naval Barracks
S1C Johnson, Milton Frank, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Mathews, Lawrence, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
CCM McFarland, Clarence K, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Nettles, Willis, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S1C Riley, Charles Hobart, US Coast Guard
S2C Sanders, Robert, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Walker, Walter Lee, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
S2C Woods, James Edward, US Naval Barracks, Port Chicago
Civilian Hunnicutt, Raymond Virgil, Civilian Employee of the US Navy
Unknown, Sailors (twenty-seven total):
Section H (Sites 666, 760, 1057, 1130, 1158, 1216)
Section L (Sites 6038, 6044-6045, 8215, 8246, 8249, 8253, 8285, 8288-8289, 8291-8292, 8300, 8304-8305, 8307-8308, 8328, 8333, 8336, 8342)
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View Cenotaph HERE.
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