Shemanski, Sylvester Walter
Navy Seaman 1st class
Sylvester Walter Shemanski, age 21, from Day County Grenville, South Dakota .
Parents: Walter Shemanski
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.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org, Argus Leader (1942)