Eaton, Harold G.
- Item sets
- Book of Honor Pages, 1947
- Name
- Eaton, Harold G.
- Birth Date
- April 15, 1884
- Death Date
- June 28, 1942
- Description
- Harold G. Eaton. Captain, Merchant Marine (Naval Reserve), Commanding S.S. Raphael Semmes. 15 April 1884 - 28 June 1942. He went down with his ship, torpedoed at 20 30' N-60 30' W, while returning from delivering munitions to Russia. At sea from the age of sixteen, he commanded the U.S. Transport Buford in World War I and the steamship Raphael Semmes, War Shipping Board, in World War II. Mariners Medal.
- Date
- 1947
- Subject
- Commemorative works
- Military casualties
- Soldiers--Maine--Bangor
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties
- World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
- Is Part Of
-
Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Language
- English
- Rights
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