Pvt US Marine Corps
He was killed when the Crusier Houston was sunk in the Java Sea
WWII - Sunda Strait, USS Houston off the coast of Java
He never married
USMC World War II
PVT William L. Brasfield MIA/KIA USS Houston, location New Guinea, date of loss February 28, 1942 or
Houston CA-30, March 1, 1942, missing-killed in action, declared dead Officially December 15, 1945
Unit Marine Detachment Houston CA-30, Private Brasfield was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.
Hometown: Quinton, Alabama
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brasfield
service# 275765
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Note: Pvt Brasfield does not appear tablets of the missing. This Manilla memorial appears to be a grave marker. Research needed to determine if his body was recovered after the sinking or was he a survivor and later died as a POW.
Quintown Church of Christ Cemetery Cenotaph Here
Details of career here.
USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston".
Battle of Sunda Strait
On board Houston, shells were in short supply in the forward turrets, so the crew manhandled shells from the disabled number three turret to the forward turrets. Houston was struck by a torpedo shortly after midnight, and began to lose headway. Houston's gunners had scored hits on three different destroyers and sunk a minesweeper, but she was struck by three more torpedoes in quick succession. Captain Albert Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 00:30, and as the ship came to a stop, Japanese destroyers moved in, machine-gunning the decks and men in the water. A few minutes later, Houston rolled over and sank.Of the 1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 24 of the 74-man Marine Detachment.
Houston's fate was not fully known by the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not told until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.
He was killed when the Crusier Houston was sunk in the Java Sea
WWII - Sunda Strait, USS Houston off the coast of Java
He never married
USMC World War II
PVT William L. Brasfield MIA/KIA USS Houston, location New Guinea, date of loss February 28, 1942 or
Houston CA-30, March 1, 1942, missing-killed in action, declared dead Officially December 15, 1945
Unit Marine Detachment Houston CA-30, Private Brasfield was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.
Hometown: Quinton, Alabama
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brasfield
service# 275765
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Note: Pvt Brasfield does not appear tablets of the missing. This Manilla memorial appears to be a grave marker. Research needed to determine if his body was recovered after the sinking or was he a survivor and later died as a POW.
Quintown Church of Christ Cemetery Cenotaph Here
Details of career here.
USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston".
Battle of Sunda Strait
On board Houston, shells were in short supply in the forward turrets, so the crew manhandled shells from the disabled number three turret to the forward turrets. Houston was struck by a torpedo shortly after midnight, and began to lose headway. Houston's gunners had scored hits on three different destroyers and sunk a minesweeper, but she was struck by three more torpedoes in quick succession. Captain Albert Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 00:30, and as the ship came to a stop, Japanese destroyers moved in, machine-gunning the decks and men in the water. A few minutes later, Houston rolled over and sank.Of the 1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 24 of the 74-man Marine Detachment.
Houston's fate was not fully known by the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not told until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.
Pvt US Marine Corps
He was killed when the Crusier Houston was sunk in the Java Sea
WWII - Sunda Strait, USS Houston off the coast of Java
He never married
USMC World War II
PVT William L. Brasfield MIA/KIA USS Houston, location New Guinea, date of loss February 28, 1942 or
Houston CA-30, March 1, 1942, missing-killed in action, declared dead Officially December 15, 1945
Unit Marine Detachment Houston CA-30, Private Brasfield was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.
Hometown: Quinton, Alabama
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brasfield
service# 275765
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Note: Pvt Brasfield does not appear tablets of the missing. This Manilla memorial appears to be a grave marker. Research needed to determine if his body was recovered after the sinking or was he a survivor and later died as a POW.
Quintown Church of Christ Cemetery Cenotaph Here
Details of career here.
USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston".
Battle of Sunda Strait
On board Houston, shells were in short supply in the forward turrets, so the crew manhandled shells from the disabled number three turret to the forward turrets. Houston was struck by a torpedo shortly after midnight, and began to lose headway. Houston's gunners had scored hits on three different destroyers and sunk a minesweeper, but she was struck by three more torpedoes in quick succession. Captain Albert Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 00:30, and as the ship came to a stop, Japanese destroyers moved in, machine-gunning the decks and men in the water. A few minutes later, Houston rolled over and sank.Of the 1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 24 of the 74-man Marine Detachment.
Houston's fate was not fully known by the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not told until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.
He was killed when the Crusier Houston was sunk in the Java Sea
WWII - Sunda Strait, USS Houston off the coast of Java
He never married
USMC World War II
PVT William L. Brasfield MIA/KIA USS Houston, location New Guinea, date of loss February 28, 1942 or
Houston CA-30, March 1, 1942, missing-killed in action, declared dead Officially December 15, 1945
Unit Marine Detachment Houston CA-30, Private Brasfield was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.
Hometown: Quinton, Alabama
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Brasfield
service# 275765
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Note: Pvt Brasfield does not appear tablets of the missing. This Manilla memorial appears to be a grave marker. Research needed to determine if his body was recovered after the sinking or was he a survivor and later died as a POW.
Quintown Church of Christ Cemetery Cenotaph Here
Details of career here.
USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston".
Battle of Sunda Strait
On board Houston, shells were in short supply in the forward turrets, so the crew manhandled shells from the disabled number three turret to the forward turrets. Houston was struck by a torpedo shortly after midnight, and began to lose headway. Houston's gunners had scored hits on three different destroyers and sunk a minesweeper, but she was struck by three more torpedoes in quick succession. Captain Albert Rooks was killed by a bursting shell at 00:30, and as the ship came to a stop, Japanese destroyers moved in, machine-gunning the decks and men in the water. A few minutes later, Houston rolled over and sank.Of the 1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 24 of the 74-man Marine Detachment.
Houston's fate was not fully known by the world for almost nine months, and the full story of her last fight was not told until the survivors were liberated from prison camps at the end of the war.
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