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GUNNER'S MATE THIRD CLASS
GEORGE E. DYE was born to Charles H. and Ruth Dye in on April 22, 1926. The family
lived on County House Road in Winslow Township NJ. His parents were from
Maryland, and had lived in New Jersey from at least 1920. Charles
Dye had served as a Private during World War I.
George Dye drowned while fighting a gasoline fire that threatened his
ship in Los Angeles Harbor on October 21, 1944. Overcome by fumes from
the gasoline, he fell into the water and drowned before a rescue could
be made. He was 18 at the time of his death.
Last a resident of Raritan
Avenue in Atco,
Waterford Township NJ, George Dye was survived by his parents, three
brothers, and three sisters. His body was returned to NJ, where his
funeral was held on November 3, 1944. He is buried in the Sicklerville
Cemetery in Winslow Township NJ, where he
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