Ens James Wallace "Jimmy" Haverfield

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A son of Dr. George Tracy Haverfield and Bessie Long, Jimmy was a graduate of Uhrichsville H.S. and was killed at Pearl Harbor in WWII. In September of 1943 the USS Haverfield was launched at Houston, Texas - named in honor of Ensign Haverfield. His parents and brothers were all in attendance and his mother was presented with a box of the broken shards from the champagne bottle broken at the naming of the destroyer escort vessel.

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ames Wallace Haverfield was born 11 April 1917 in Urichsville, Ohio. After receiving his B.A. from Ohio State University in 1939, Haverfield enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice seaman 11 September 1940. He accepted an appointment as a midshipman 16 March 1941 and after completing his training at Northwestern University, was commissioned Ensign 12 June 1941. Ensign Haverfield reported to the battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor 28 June, and remained there. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, Ensign James Haverfield was one of 46 officers and 1,057 men of Arizona lost when the valiant ship was sunk by the enemy.

USS Haverfield (DE 393) (1943-1969) was the first ship to be named in his honor.