Nathan Cheney STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

1909 - 1945  (35 years)

• Name	Nathan Cheney STAFFORD
  Born	2 Aug 1909	New York   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5BA2CC2EE122374287C65AEF1118213A8D97
  Died	23 Apr 1945	Lost at sea
  Buried	New Burt Cem., Whallonsburg, Essex Co., New York
  Person ID	I21947	Branch 002 Thomas Stafford 1605 Eng
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Cheney Irving STAFFORD,   b. Nov 1872, New York ,   d. 1963, Essex Co., New York  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Nettie Corilia SIBLEY,   b. 1878,   d. 1922, New York  (Age 44 years)
  Married	Abt 1903
  Family ID	F8206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Husband of Leola Lawrence Stafford. Nathan served as a Fireman First Class, USS Eagle Boat 56 (PE-56), U.S. Navy during World War II. He resided in Essex County, New York prior to the war. Nathan was declared "Missing In Action" when the Eagle was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat U-853 off the coast of Portland, Maine during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart. Only 13 of the 67 crew members of the Eagle survived. The loss was classified as a boiler explosion until 2001 when historical evidence convinced the US Navy to reclassify the sinking as a combat loss due to enemy action. Service # 8971751 Buried: This is a cenotaph as he was lost at sea. Nathan's name is also on the East Coast Memorial in Manhattan at Memorial# 132740999 where there is a picture of his name and details on how he was lost.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S2610] Ltr Gay Crawford.