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Carl A. Weeden
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Carl Alfred Weeden (14 April 1916 - 7 December 1941) was born in Trinidad, Colorado. Biography He grew up in Colorado and was appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy on 22 June 1936. He graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1940 and reported for duty in (BB-39) on 9 June 1940. Ensign Weeden spent his entire but brief naval career in Arizona. He was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which sank Arizona at the outset. Ens. Weeden was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. Namesake In 1943, the destroyer escort (DE-797) was named in his honor. |
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