George Edward Dye

Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy

Service Number: 2456635

Unit: USS LSM-211

Entered the service from: New Jersey

Died: October 21, 1944

Buried at: Sicklerville Cemetery, Winslow Township, NJ

George Edward Dye was born to Charles H. and Ruth Dye on April 22, 1926. The family lived on County House Road in Winslow Township, NJ. His parents were from Maryland and had lived in New Jersey from at least 1920. Charles Dye had served as a Private during World War I.

George Dye drowned while fighting a gasoline fire that threatened his ship in Los Angeles Harbor on October 21, 1944. Overcome by fumes from the gasoline, he fell into the water and drowned before a rescue could be made. He was 18 years old at the time of his death. Last a resident of Raritan Avenue in Atco, Waterford Township, NJ, George Dye was survived by his parents, three brothers, and three sisters. His body was returned to New Jersey, where his funeral was held on November 3, 1944. He is buried at Sicklerville Cemetery in Winslow Township, NJ, where he rests with his parents.

Source: American Battle Monuments Commission