Harry W. Trace Jr.
Harry William Trace Jr., Fireman First Class, U.S. Naval Reserve.
Fireman First Class • U.S. Naval Reserve • Serial 08159574
Entered service from New Jersey • Died February 21, 1945
Missing in action or buried at sea — Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
Fireman First Class Harry W. Trace Jr. was lost when the escort aircraft carrier USS Bismarck Sea was attacked on February 21, 1945. He had joined the Navy in November of 1943, and had gone overseas in April of the following year.
Harry Trace was survived by his parents, three sisters — Ida Trace, Helen Trace, and Mrs. Harold Taylor — and a brother Jesse Trace. His father was a rural mail carrier. His death was reported in the March 27, 1945 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He is memorialized on the Glendora and Gloucester Township, NJ, World War II memorials.