USS Scorpion (SS – 278) - Bobby Brown State Park Elberton, GA - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Dedicated to the crew of the USS Scorpion (SS-278), lost while on patrol in the East China Sea, April 1, 1944. Located on Bobby Brown Park Road at the Bobby Brown State Park. (Fee area)

This memorial is a granite stone listing the names of the crew. This small memorial is located next to the Bobby Brown memorial.

USS Scorpion (SS – 278)
Shipmates on Eternal Patrol in USS SCORPION (SS-278)
Lost February 1st, 1944
East China Sea

James S. Alexander, EM2 / Charles W. Appleton, SC3 / Lorren L. Bausman, SC1 / Hollis F. Bell, S1 / Robert T. Brown, LTjg / Rufus H. Bynum, QM1 / Robert J. Chamberlain, EM2 / Harold F. Christman, S1 / Jack E. Clough, TM2 / Theodore T. Cornelius, MoMMC / Joseph W. Cunningham, RMC / Lawrence W. Deane, TM3 / Raymond P. Dews, SM1 / Vincent R. Drake, ENS / Robert B. Drane, LTjg / Ernest L. Echorst, TM2 / Richmond H. Ellis, LTjg / Edward J. English, MoMM1 / Lee M. Faber, S1 / James A. Fasnacht, QM2 / Lyle D. Faustman, MoMM1 / Nearest Fergerson, SM3 / William A. Flaherty, Jr., QMC / John F. Glazier, GM2 / Paul L. Harvey, EM2 / Robert D. Harvey, Jr., F3 / Jean T. Heidenrich, TM1 / Carl P. Heinz, MoMM1 / Frank E. Hood, S2 / Carl M. Hund, GMC / Robert E. Hutchinson, TM3 / George E. Ingram, MoMM2 / Robert L. Jacobs, S2 / Nicholas L. Koster, MoMMC / E. Krawczykowicz, MomM3 / Walter C. Labarthe, MoMM2 / Robert W. Lloyd, MoMM2 / Lawrence A. Manganello, CCS / Stanley E. Matthews, RM1 / Russell K. McMillan, MoMM1 / Frank A. McNally, Jr., RT2 / Paul J. Miller, Jr., EM2 / Howard W. Morgan, QM2 / Lyle E. Mosbey, EM2 / Canterbury B. Pierce, LT (XO) / Robert M. Rairden, YN3 / Wilbert L. Randolph, EM1 / Jack P. Rawlings, EMC / Frederic J. Robillard, S1 / Thomas E. Roche, TM2 / Albert V. Rowe, S2 / Bill Saunders, S1 / Maximilian G. Schmidt, CDR (CO) / Daniel A. Seaman, MoMM1 / William I. Sears, EM1 / Mark W. Setvate, TM3 / James Shake, F1 / Irvin S. Shapiro, PhM1 / Paul D. Shea, MoMM3 / Russell O. Sink, MoMM3 / Samuel R. Skelton, TM3 / Donald E. Smith, RM3 / Joseph F. Smith, TM3 / Charles R. Spears, MoMMC / Edgar A. Sturges, MoMM1 / Wilbur E. Tarbell, EM1 / Jack Townsend, RM3 / Raymond V. Udick, TM1 / Jack L. Voorhees, TM2 / Rudolph F. Weidenbach, FC3 / Robert R. Williford, MoMM3 / Raymond J. Wise, Jr., LT / Robert L. Womack, MoMM2 / Karl Zimmermann, RM1 ....

"Sailors, Rest Your Oars!"

Wikipedia USS Scorpion (SS-278)

Bobby Brown State Outdoor Recreation Area

Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: 7AM-10PM (Gates lock at 10PM) Entrance fees (if it applies): The daily fee is $5 and annual fee is $50. Type of memorial: Plaque

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