Project 888
Name: Dayle Pershing DeMENT
Rank / Rating: S1-Seaman First ClassService #: 941 00 53 DOB: May 09, 1919 From: Sonora, OH Parents: Mr and Mrs Frank DeMent Went Aboard: Apr 25, 1944 Age When Ship Went Down: 26 years, 2 months, 21 days Spouse: Elizabeth DeMent Children: Timmy and Michael Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Admin |
 DEMENT, Dayle P |
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| Burial at Sea Dayle 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 Dayle 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. | |
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