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Bertie Thomas McCracken

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED ABOARD THE USS REINA MERCEDES IX-25, A RECEIVING SHIP, USS APA-41 BAYFIELD-CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT SHIP, USS LUCE DD-522, A FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER. WWII CASUALTY ON 21 NOVEMBER 1944. BURIED AT HALAWA NAVAL CEMETERY OAHU, HAWAII. MOVED TO NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC HONOLULU, HAWAII. RATING OF COMMISSARY STEWARD CHIEF PETTY OFFICER.