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Thomas Alfred McClelland Ensign USN USS West Virginia 1941 |
Thomas Alfred McClelland, born 13 March 1905 at Kansas City, Mo.,
enlisted in the Navy as apprentice seaman, 12 September 1924, and received an
honorable discharge 11 September 1928. On 7 October 1940, he was appointed ensign, USNR. On 6 April 1941, having completed a special
course in communications, he reported aboard battleship WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48). Ensign McClelland was reported dead after the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December
1941. The destroyer escort USS McClelland (DE-750) named in his honor. |