| Name |
Hemphill, Harry James |
| Birth |
11 Feb 1919 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
HEMP.H002 |
| _FGRAVE |
18289874 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Carpenter's Mate Second Class, Company A, 76th Naval Construction Battalion, United States Navy [2] |
- Enlisted in the Navy on October 23, 1943. After training at Camp Perry, Virginia served with the Sea Bees 76th Naval Construction Battalion, Company A, Second Platoon in the Pacific Theater of Operations as a Carpenter's Mate First Class. Landed on the Island of Guam five days after it was secured by the Marines. Engaged in building airstrips, docks and warehouses. Honorably discharged on December 16, 1945.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1839912
|
 |
United States Navy
|
 |
United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,… |
 |
Harry James Hemphill (1919-2005)
|
 |
World War II Honoree, Hemphill, Harry James (1919-2005)
|
|
|
Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
|
|
|
Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia
|
|
|
Seabee, United States Navy
|
|
|
Seabees in World War II
|
|
|
World War II
(1939-1945) |
|
|
United States Navy
|
|
|
United States Navy Enlisted Rates
|
| Death |
17 May 2005 [1] |
| Burial |
Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  [1] |
 |
Headstone, Hemphill, Mary Maye (Mitchell) and Harry James
|
| Person ID |
I28217 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2023 |
1919 - 2005 (86 years)