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Submitted: 7/17/13 • Approved: 4/5/17 • Last Updated: 4/8/17 • R909010-G0-S3
Seaman Case Weigart, son of George Weigart and Myrtle Case Weigart, was born Jan 17, 1926, at Bethesda, Arkansas. He received his education by attending Batesville, Mountain View, and Kensett High Schools. He entered the Merchant Marines in March, 1944, as ordinary seaman and received boot training at Sheepshed Bay, New York. He had voyages in Nova Scotia, the British Isles, France and Russia where he spent forty-nine days. His final voyage was from Norfolk, Virginia, to Bari Italy. He and his brother, George, had served on seperate ships until their last voyage. They were members of the crew of the steamship Charles Henderson on New Orleans, which was loaded with explosives and blew up in the Italian port, April 9, 1945, with only one survivor.
*Photo & text provided by BertieBrittain
owner of Weigart Family Tree
Contributed on 7/17/13 by hawkinsdonna
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