VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    USS Helena (CL 50)

    4 honorees
    CDR ELMER C. BUERKLE, USN

    Elmer Buerkle

    Class of 1925
    Commander | US Navy
    July 6, 1943 (41 years old)
    KIA Battle of Kula Gulf Pacific USS Helena (CL 50) WWII Ship Silver Star
    LT JOHN F. MOONEY, JR., USNR

    John Mooney, Jr.

    Class of 1935
    Lieutenant | US Naval Reserve
    July 6, 1943 (30 years old)
    KIA Battle of Kula Gulf Pacific USS Helena (CL 50) WWII Ship USNA 7th Company
    LCDR ARTHUR B. YEATES, JR., USN

    Arthur Yeates, Jr.

    Class of 1938
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    July 6, 1943 (28 years old)
    KIA Battle of Kula Gulf Pacific USS Helena (CL 50) WWII Ship USNA 3rd Company
    LTJG JOSEPH S. GRIFFIN, USN

    Joseph Griffin

    Class of 1943
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    July 6, 1943 (23 years old)
    KIA Battle of Kula Gulf Pacific USS Helena (CL 50) WWII Ship USNA 5th Company