Charles William Holcomb, Dr.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Navy World War II

Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Unit: United States Naval Reserve, MCR
Conflict / Era: World War II
Years of Service: 1942 – 1947
Date of Birth: 12/10/1922
Date of Death: 03/31/2007
Hometown: Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, OH
Burial Location: Sutton Cemetery, Sutton, West Virginia
Monument Paver: No
Reserve Service: 1947 – 1959
Township (entering service): Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia
Township (current / at death): Claibourne
Church: First United Methodist Church, Richwood, Ohio
School: West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia University Medical School; Medical College of Virginia
Record Authenticated: No

Biography

Church: First United Methodist Church, Richwood, Ohio. School: West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia University Medical School; Medical College of Virginia. Served internship at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida; assigned to Destroyer Squadron 60 and was Ship Surgeon on the U.S.S. Spangenberg and then on the U.S.S. Saarsfield; tour of duty location was the northern and eastern coast of the Atlantic and South America

Source: Veteran data form submitted 06/26/2007 by Barbara Holcomb