Black, Joseph Grady Jr.
Navy Seaman 1st class

Joseph Grady Jr. Black, age 21, from Cabarrus County Belmont, North Carolina .

Parents: Joseph Grady Black Sr.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Winston Salem Journal (1942)