Berchot, Delbert Glenn
Navy Aviation Metalsmith 3rd class

Delbert Glenn Berchot, age 25, from Tacoma, Washington, Pierce county.

Parents: David Jacob Berchot

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1942
Death details: Killed when the Consolidated “Catalina” PBY-5a seaplane, returning from 12.5 hours of patrolling the waters around Hawaii for enemy forces, crashed trying to land in bad weather.

Source: National Archives, Hawaii Museum of Flying, Tacoma News Tribune (1945)