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WTC Wilford Richards Tanner
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WTC Wilford Richards Tanner Veteran

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
1 Mar 1942 (aged 34)
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets Of The Missing - Navy
Memorial ID
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Water Tender Chief WWII
USS Pillsbury DD-227 South Java Sea
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea November 25, 1945.

Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound

Cenotaph placed at Salt Lake City Cemetery with parents.

Son of Henry Smith Tanner (1869–1935) &
Mary Isabell Richards Tanner (1878–1968)
Water Tender Chief WWII
USS Pillsbury DD-227 South Java Sea
Sunk by Japanese Destroyers the night of March 1, 1942
Department of the United States Navy declared all on board lost at sea November 25, 1945.

Lieutenant Commander Harold Clay Pound

Cenotaph placed at Salt Lake City Cemetery with parents.

Son of Henry Smith Tanner (1869–1935) &
Mary Isabell Richards Tanner (1878–1968)

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Utah 1927




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  • Maintained by: Cindy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56785851/wilford_richards-tanner: accessed ), memorial page for WTC Wilford Richards Tanner (12 Apr 1907–1 Mar 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56785851, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Cindy (contributor 47985327).