This
Memorial is dedicated to
PFC Leonard Foster Mason,
USMC,
USS Leonard F. Mason
DD-852, and
all it's deceased crew members.
Commissioned
28 June 1946 -
Decommissioned 2 November 1976
USS Leonard
F. Mason was regunned in 1950
. 
One of her many visits to
Hong Kong, China
After 30 years
services in the United States Navy.
She served another 22 years in
the Taiwan Naval
Sui Yany DDG 926.
Commissioned
January 1978 ~
decommissioned 16 February 2000
Dear
Paul, I wanted to
tell
you, the day they
de-commissioned the Sui
Yang DDG-926,
Taiwan Navy,
February 16 was also Mothers
Birthday.
Isn't that a coincidence.
~ Joyce ~
PFC Leonard F. Mason,
USMC
22 February 1920 -
23 July
1944
Buried
at Sea
Buried at
Sea Oh South Pacific Ocean,
Thy depth I do not know
But o'er a precious loved one
Thy blue waters ever flow.
However
great thy depth may be
Our love goes deeper yet.
Though long we live upon this earth
We never shall forget.
He
volunteered to go and fight,
Along with many others.
They bade goodbye to loved ones dear,
To fathers and to mothers.
Thousands
died on foreign soil
And many died
at sea,
That freedom's
flag might ever wave
O'er the land
of liberty.
In our
hearts there's a silent prayer,
Now that the battle has
been
won,
May he not have died in vain
Our beloved brother and son.
The poem
above was
written
by
Edith
(Mason) Cawood
1
February 1918 - 3 March
1998
NAVY AND
MARINE MEDAL OF
HONOR
In memory
of my brother,
Leonard Foster Mason, PFC US Marine Corps World War II
who died July 23, 1944 during enemy action on Guam. He was awarded the
Medal of Honor. USS Leonard F. Mason was
commissioned
in 1946. It was the rescue ship that
picked
up Neal Armstrong and David Scott when Gemini 8 splashed down in the
Pacific Ocean.
Edith
(Mason)
Cawood
Submitted
by Kimberly
Reed
granddaughter of Edith (Mason) Cawood.
Alphabetical
list of deceased shipmates
A | B
| C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y
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Z
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ABBAS,
HARVEY
AINSWORTH, WILSON D.
ALEXANDER JR, DAWSON
ALSOVER, JAMES E.
BACON, GEORGE
BALYNAS, JOE
BEATTY, RON
BEGLEY, BILL
BOWMAN, DEAN W.
BRADFORD, DELBERT
BRAY, RAYMOND GLENN
BROOKS, CHARLES F.
BRUNER, RALPH
BULLEN, GEORGE S.
BURRELL, JAMES M.
BUTTRICK, GEORGE
BYOUS, JAMES R.
CARPENTER,
BEN
CARROLL, JOE
CASPARI, WILLIAM J.
CHRISTMAS, RICHARD T.
COBURN, JACK F.
COLE, GORDON
CRABTREE, JESSE L
CROWLEY, RALPH
CRUIKSHANK, GLEN S.
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN C.
DANIELSON, JAMES
DAVID, L.W.
DENNINGFIELD, ELMER
DEATON,
JOHN
DEPPERMAN, RICHARD L.
DOBIAS, ALOLPH
DOSS, BRUCE
EICHSTEDT,
JOHN H.
ELLIOTT JR,
CLAUDE
R.
ELLIS, WILLIAM
ERWIN, GENE
FERRITER, JOHN B.
FLAGEOLLE, ALBERT R.
FONTENOT, CHARLES G.
FROST, EARL
FURAS, JAMES
GEPPERT, LOUIS
GOBLE,
FRANK
GOLNICK, JEROME
GRAHAM, WILLIAM
GRAHAM, RALPH E.
GRAZIONI, PHILIP J.
HAGEN,
RAYMOND J.
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HAYWORTH,
BILL
HAZEN, ALLEN
HENDERSON, ROY A.
HESS, LEO C.
HEWES, R. M.
HINSON, GEORGE E.
JOHNSON, NEPHI
JORGENSEN, M.D.
KEELER, OWEN F.
KELLY, MICHAEL J.
KOESTER, EDWARD S.
LARSON,
RAYMOND D.
LINDBLOOM SR,
SHERMAN
MARION, JOE
MAYO, BOYCE
MCCAHEY, HUBERT D.
MCDONALD, RICHARD L.
MCNERNEY, DICK
MESTAS, JOHN
MORWAY, WILLIAM J.
MURRAY, JOHN C.
NESTER, JOHN B.
NEUGEBAUER, EDDIE J.
OPDYKE, JOHN
"DAVE"
PIERCE, WILLIAM
PIERMARINI, RICHARD
RAUTHE,
CARL EDWARD
REED,
HAROLD
"SHORTY"
RUSK, KENNETH
SALAZAR, ARTHUR
SEIFERT, TOM
SETSER, LESTER E. G.
SETZER, B. W.
SHELBOURN, HAROLD
SHIRTS,
GLEN
SIMMONS,
CLARENCE E.
SPIVEY, HARRY
STANLEY, ROBERT L.
STIERNAGLE, HARLAN
STOHS, EDWARD
SUGRUE, EDWARD
TENNISON, RICHARD
G.
THERRELL,
ROY
TUBBS, CHAD
WATTERS, CHARLES L.
WEGNER, LEO M.
WEILER, J. S.
WILLIAMS, JAMES
WILSON,EARL
YOUNG CLARK
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they rest
in
peace
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