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Cdr Volckert Petrus “Pete” Douw II
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Cdr Volckert Petrus “Pete” Douw II

Birth
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Death
29 Apr 1945 (aged 38)
Okinawa, Japan
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
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Courts of the Missing: Court 5--Buried at Sea
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Monument located in Okinawa, Japan


Volckert Petrus Douw & Virginia Gregory Brown were united in marriage on October 20, 1937, at Washington Street M. E. Church in South Alexandria, Virginia.


April 29, 1945 - Fletcher-class Destroyer USS Hazelwood (DD 531), operating off Okinawa on radar picket and escort patrols, was badly damaged by Kamikazes. Ten of the ship's 19 officers, including its Commanding Officer, Commander Volckert Petrus Douw of Abingdon, MD., and 67 enlisted men were killed or missing in action.

Monument located in Okinawa, Japan


Volckert Petrus Douw & Virginia Gregory Brown were united in marriage on October 20, 1937, at Washington Street M. E. Church in South Alexandria, Virginia.


April 29, 1945 - Fletcher-class Destroyer USS Hazelwood (DD 531), operating off Okinawa on radar picket and escort patrols, was badly damaged by Kamikazes. Ten of the ship's 19 officers, including its Commanding Officer, Commander Volckert Petrus Douw of Abingdon, MD., and 67 enlisted men were killed or missing in action.

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Inscription on Virginia Douw's marker
at Emory and Henry Cemetery, Emory, Virginia.

CMDR. VOLCKERT P. DOUW, USN
1907 - 1945
BURIED AT SEA - WORLD WAR II

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