Welch, Earl Hermond
Navy Chief commissary steward

Earl Hermond Welch from South Weymouth, Massachusetts, Norfolk county.

Parents: Harriet Kendall

Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart

Date of death: Monday, November 16, 1942
Death details: Died at sea during Navy Battle of Guadalcanal while aboard the USS Walke
Cemetery: Body not recovered

Source: National Archives, local historical website waheyboys.com