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Yvon Smith “Skeeter” Hawley

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Yvon Smith “Skeeter” Hawley

Birth
Clinton County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Feb 1997 (aged 77)
Aviston, Clinton County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Yvon is a son of Sherman and Ollie Smith Hawley, who married July 8, 1913, Marion, Illinois.

From World War II Navy Muster Rolls, Report of Changes, Commissioning Report - - USS LST 711, July 28, 1944 date of sailing - -

Lists Number 5 Yvon S Hawley enlisted March 17, 1944, Chicago, Illinois, rating S2c, service # 944 22 89. On lower section of page Number 5, V6S USNR, ATB Camp Bradford, Virginia.

Another entry July 30, 1944 Yvon is listed as "transferred" to US Navy Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. September 15, 1944 Yvon is sailing on LST 783 from New Orleans, LA at Gulfport to Panama City Canal Zone. November 5, 1944, LST 783, Yvon is sailing from Eniwetok Atoll to Guam. December 1, 1945, LST 783, Yvon is sailing from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands to nearest NRS/S for release to inactive duty.
Yvon is a son of Sherman and Ollie Smith Hawley, who married July 8, 1913, Marion, Illinois.

From World War II Navy Muster Rolls, Report of Changes, Commissioning Report - - USS LST 711, July 28, 1944 date of sailing - -

Lists Number 5 Yvon S Hawley enlisted March 17, 1944, Chicago, Illinois, rating S2c, service # 944 22 89. On lower section of page Number 5, V6S USNR, ATB Camp Bradford, Virginia.

Another entry July 30, 1944 Yvon is listed as "transferred" to US Navy Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. September 15, 1944 Yvon is sailing on LST 783 from New Orleans, LA at Gulfport to Panama City Canal Zone. November 5, 1944, LST 783, Yvon is sailing from Eniwetok Atoll to Guam. December 1, 1945, LST 783, Yvon is sailing from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands to nearest NRS/S for release to inactive duty.


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  • Created by: P Jones
  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71957325/yvon_smith-hawley: accessed ), memorial page for Yvon Smith “Skeeter” Hawley (19 Jun 1919–7 Feb 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71957325, citing Saint Marys Cemetery, Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by P Jones (contributor 47471462).