S1C William Albert Tyree, 20-year-old son of George W and Biddie Hughart Tyree of Bowhemont, lost his life as the result of enemy action in the Atlantic on April 24 the navy department has Informed his parents.
Seaman Tyree was serving on a destroyer escort and the navy had previously announced that this ship was sunk when it struck a mine. The telegram to the family said: "A careful review of all facts available relating to the disappearance of your son leads to the conclusion that there Is no hope for his survival." Young Tyree's family had been advised two weeks ago that he was missing in action. The youthful seaman had been on duty two and a half years and had participated in four invasions. He had been overseas 15 months. Besides his parents are four sisters Mrs. Marie Young of Kanawha City
Mina-Lee, Shirley and Barbara,
all at home; five brothers.
Clifford. Ray. Richard, Dale and
Herman, all at home; and a halfbrother,
Virgil Tyree of Elkview;
and a grandfather, W. M. Hughart
of 866 Greendate Dr.


USS Frederick C. Davis DE 136

DE 136 was sunk by German submarine U-546 in the North Atlantic, 24 Apr 1945
115 men lost.
Gone But Never Forgotten

Fred C. Allen, Jr. MoMM 1/C
Howard M. Anderson ENS
Henry Astrin LTJG
Ezelle O. Bailey MoMM 2/C
Harold F. Baker St 3/C
WaIter J. Ballard S 1/C
Ferd S. Bambauer LT
Slerriman T. Bames, Sr. S 1/C
Kenneth L. Barrus RdM 3/C
Albert A. Barnak S 1/C
Bates F 1/C
Jack O. Beaman S 2/C
Dayton J. Betts MoMM 3/C
Dennis W. Brann S 1/C
Clyde E. Bridges F 1/C
Oscar L. Bronenkant RM 3/C
Henry S. Brown StM 1/C
Leroy H. Brown LTJG
Harry R. Burr, Jr. FC 3/C
Thomas R. Campbell S 1/C
WaIter T. Cannon GM 3/C
Walthin M.H. Cardwell F 1/C
Clayton L. Carter SM 1/C
Harry E. Chadwick RdM 2/C
Roy A. Cierley MoMM 1/C
Robert B. Cline SC 3/C
Verrill T. Colburn CMoMM
James H. Copeland CSoM
Edward R. Coursey EM 2/C
James R. Crosby LT
Vernon W. Cross SM 3/C
Lawrence J. Denning GM 2/C
John R. Derichemond, Jr. RM 3/C
Roy C. Deviney S 1/C
Willie T. Doster GM 3/C
Joe E. Douthitt MoMM 2/C
William E. Downing LTJG
Stanley M. Drezewski S 1/C
Harry Drogan F 1/C
William L. Dunn RM 3/C
Robert L. Eckstein MoMM 2/C
John A. Elsby ENS
Kenneth A. Floren RdM 2/C
Edwin C. Floyd, Jr. SM 2/C
Thomas L. Garner BM 2/C
David O. Gentry StM 1/C
William A. Glass MoMM 2/C
John A. Hamlin Ck 3/C
Harry C. Harmon Cox
Frank B. Hanson, Jr. LTJG
Frank C. Hartranft S 1/C
Charles Ingram S 1/C
John Jacobs EM 3/C
Vincent D. Jacques Cox
Woodrow W. Johns S 2/C
Arthur F. Johnson S 1/C
James P. Kaminer S 2/C
Francis X. Kenney SM 1/C
Lloyd Kerby S 2/C
Robert Klube LT
Robert M. Knott F 1/C
Bernard E. Kuntz Y 3/C
Alfonzo C. Leatherman, Jr. SC 1/C
Harvey L. Lumley S 2/C
John F. McWhorter, Jr. LTJG
Robert E. Meece SM 2/C
Wayne J. Morgan SoM 2/C
Maynard I. Moyer F 1/C
Bruce E. Murphy Bkr 3/C
Davie B. Musick S 1/C
Paul M. Neighbors Cox
Clifford G. O'Brien S 1/C
Russell B. Palmes, Jr. CSK
Sunda Palumbo S 1/C
Henry G. Parker MoMM 3/C
Robert E. Parks CRM
Robert G. Peoples F 1/C
John Peterson F 1/C
Lorrin L. Peterson EM 3/C
Elwyn L. Petty SF 1/C
Robert W. Philabaum F 1/C
Grover G. Phillips F 1/C
William Plum F 1/C
James A. Reeves SSMB 3/C
William J. Regan, Jr. MoMM 3/C
David A. Rex RdM 3/C
David Richstein EM 2/C
Frank Sadauskas EM 2/C
George N. Sanders, Jr. EM 2/C
William Sanders, Jr. S 1/C
Stanley M. Svey S 1/C
Jack T. Smith CGM
Edward F. Stebbins S 1/C
Arthur D. Strock RT 1/C
Charles M. Taggart LTJG
Donald R. Taylor RM 3/C
Leonard C. Taylor S 2/C
Willie W. Thompson (?) 3/C
John Tisney S 1/C
William A. Tyree S 1/C
Julius E. Weber MoMM 1/C
Robert C. Wheeler RM 1/C
Richard L. White CMoMM
Roydel K. White S 1/C
Clifford H. Whitten PhM 3/C
Forrest B. Williams MoMM 3/C
Henry Williams S 1/C
George A. Willis WT 2/C
Aeired O. Wosinski SM 3/C
William W. Wright MoMM 3/C
Walter J. Zaydell RM 3/C

Returning to duty in the western Atlantic early in 1945 Frederick C. Davis served on coastal convoy escort and antisubmarine patrol service and in mid April joined a special surface barrier force, formed to protect the Atlantic coast from the threat of close penetration by snorkel-equipped German submarines. It was one of these, U-546, which was contacted 24 April by Frederick C. Davis. Within minutes, as the destroyer escort prepared to attack, the submarine torpedoed her, hitting on the port side, forward. Five minutes later, she broke in two, and efforts to preserve the buoyancy of the stern, where the damage was less and the majority of survivors were located, failed. Her survivors abandoned the ship, with a loss of 115 men. They were taken from the water within 3 hours and other escorts sank her attacker the same day.

Laid down: 9 November 1942
Launched: 24 January 1943
Commissioned: 14 July 1943
Fate: Sunk by enemy action on 24 April 1945