"Wounded on ship" Topic
4 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
In order to respect possible copyright issues, when quoting from a book or article, please quote no more than three paragraphs.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Korean War Message Board
Areas of InterestModern
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article Adapting an inexpensive toy to make an objective marker.
Featured Profile Article
Featured Book Review
Featured Movie Review
|
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 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  | 07 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. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 08 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 | 09 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. |
|
