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TORPEDOMAN'S MATE THIRD
CLASS RUSSELL E. VASEY was born in New Jersey on April 13, 1924. His father George
Benjamin Vasey Jr., was a police officer. In 1930 the family was living
at 6 Lees avenue in Haddonfield NJ. At this time George Jr. and
Elizabeth Vasey had seven children, George III, Bruce, Milton, Raymond,
Russell, Mae, and Georgeanna.
Russell Vasey was killed when the aircraft carrier USS
FRANKLIN CV-13 was hit by a kamikaze on March 19, 1945. Seaman Second
Class John Martin Peterson, of
Camden NJ, Lieutenant Addison
E. Moore of Audubon Park, and Shipfitter Second Class Joseph
A. Barron of Gloucester City were also lost in the attack.
Russell Vasey was survived by his parents,
whose address was by this time 2906 Buren Avenue in Camden NJ, and his
siblings. |
