ENS. FREDERICK W. YIRRELL, JR.
JULY 27, 1922 – MARCH 25, 1945
SON OF
CATHERINE & FREDERICK YIRRELL
BROTHER OF
FRANCIS, JOHN, RICHARD & CLAIRE
WINTROP HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1939
ENS YIRRELL, JR. WAS AWARDED TWO GOLD
STARS POSTHUMOUSLY IN LIEU OF THE SECOND
AND THIRD MEDALS FOR MERITORIOUS
ACHIEVEMENTS IN FALIGHTS AGAINST THE
ENEMY AT LUZON. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION
MARCH 25, 1945
YIRRELL BEACH
WAS DEDICATED MAY 25, 1947
RE-DEDICATED JUNE 29, 1997
HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE
WAR MEMORIAL AT PEARL HARBOR |
Sources:
- American Legion Post 146, Winthrop, Mass.
- WWII Casualties: Massachusetts, Page 45 - National Archives Military Records
- Frederick W. Yirrell, Jr. - The United States Navy Memorial
- Ens F. W. Yirrell Jr. - Boston Globe, 8/5/1945
- Frederick W. Yirrell, Jr. - American Battle Monuments Commission
- Frederick W. Yirrell, Jr. - HonorStates.org
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| Frederick W. Yirrell, Jr. (1922-1945) - U.S. Naval
Reserve, WWII - was a naval fighter pilot killed in action March 25, 1945 on Okinawa. He had entered the Naval Air Corps in September, 1942, and went overseas in July, 1944. He
grew up on Point Shirley, and is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He was friends with David Coughlin, an Army fighter
pilot also killed in action. |
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