Carleton E. Kenney, died 1943

KENNEY, LAUGHLIN

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 6/15/2010 at 22:41:01

Gunners Mate Second Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Klearance E. Kenney of near Waukon, former Postville residents, who was reported missing in action Dec. 24, 1943, while serving aboard the destroyer Leary in the Atlantic Ocean off France. No further word has been received fro the War Department since the original message telling of the sinking of the Leary. Carleton, a graduate of Postville high school, enlisted in the Navy in May, 1938, before the start of the present war. He took his boot training at Great Lakes, Ill., and was assigned to the cruiser Louisville. After three years he was assigned to the cruiser Vincennes which was later sunk in action with the Japs in the Save Bay battle. On the Leary, Carleton was on patrol duty in the North Atlantic and also made several secret missions to South Africa before going on convoy duty to the African and European area. Mr. and Mrs. Kenney received the War Department message concerning their son on January 4, 1944.

~newspaper clipping, scrapbook of Nina Harris Swenson
~notes: Carleton Kenney's mother was nee Esther Winifred Laughlin, daughter of James Riddle Laughlin & Amanda Jane Harris (Nina's aunt)
~Carleton later was declared dead