Scott County

 

Dick Milton Paper

 

 

 

Dick Milton Paper was born about 1923 to Herbert H. and Fern C. Woolridge Paper. he died May 4, 1945 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Petty Officer Paper served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Lagarto (S-371) which was sunk by depth charge attack off the Malay coast near the Gulf of Siam. He was MIA/FOD/KIA and awarded the Purple Heart. ~oneternalparol

Sources: ancestry.com