Lt. JG Walter Wesley Coolbaugh

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Lt. JG Walter Wesley Coolbaugh

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Birthplace: Ransom, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 19, 1942 (24)
At Sea (Solomon Islands) (KIA - Lost at Sea)
Place of Burial: Milwaukee, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wesley Coolbaugh and Anna S. Coolbaugh
Brother of Mabel Coolbaugh; Alberta Mae Klipple; Jessie Marie Schandacher; Lt. Elmer "Duane" Coolbaugh, M.D. and Wilmer Ray "Doc" Coolbaugh

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About Lt. JG Walter Wesley Coolbaugh

Lt. JG Walter Wesley Coolbaugh was Killed in Action at sea near the Solomon Islands when his plane crashed. He has memorials in his hometown of Ransom, Pennsylvania and also in the Courts of the Missing in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

The USS Coolbaugh (DE 217) 1943-1960 was named in WW Coolbaugh's honor. The ship was a Buckley Class Destroyer escort and was scrapped in 1973.

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Lt. JG Walter Wesley Coolbaugh's Timeline

1918
August 1, 1918
Ransom, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
1942
December 19, 1942
Age 24
At Sea (Solomon Islands)
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Milwaukee Cemetery, Milwaukee, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States