William Clark Lyde - Trinity Cemetery - Denton, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 33° 12.517 W 097° 03.641
14S E 680749 N 3676090
A cenotaph noting William Clark Lyde's burial at sea is located between the headstones marking the final resting places of his father, William Rufus Lyde, and a nephew, Ronald James Lyde, at Trinity Cemetery, Denton, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12CV1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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The cenotaph is a small, rectangular slab of red granite, and it reads:

In Memory of
William Clark Lyde
Buried at Sea
Leyte Gulf
Apr. 11, 1925 Nov. 6, 1944

Mr. Lyde was an Aviation Radioman Third Class aboard the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16) in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On November 6, 1944, he was aboard a torpedo plane that was shot down in Leyte Gulf. He is listed on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, so presumably, his body was not recovered to receive an actual burial.

There is plenty of space to park in the area between the cemetery and the Baptist church that is just north of it.
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Parking coordinates: N 33° 12.562 W 097° 03.645

Sponsor(s): Lyde Family

Date dedicated: Not listed

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