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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian06 Jan 2025 9:49 p.m. PST

I was recently reading about a distant cousin, Warren H Lessord, who at age 20 was accidentally shot onboard a ship in the US Navy in 1951. He was a seaman, and the weapon was a carbine.

He was taken to a French Naval Hospital, where he died 5 days later of uremia. (Suggesting he was wounded in the kidneys/bladder?)

I couldn't find much else in the way of details. The obituary mentioned the family had not been given any details.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP07 Jan 2025 11:22 a.m. PST

The military doesn't like to talk about service members killed due to stupidity and/or training accidents.

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian08 Jan 2025 4:44 a.m. PST

Listed on the Korean War memorial: link

Newspaper obituaries say he was shot on ship.

The memorial listing says "France, the US Navy on shore duty in Cherbourg"

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP09 Jan 2025 7:48 a.m. PST

It's going to take some serious sleuthing to find out any details. You may have to go to Cherbourg and read through microfiche of 1951 newspapers.

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