Wesley Willard Worthington, Jr.

Rank/Rate:    Electrician’s Mate, Second Class

Service Number:    296 00 91

Birth Date:    November 7, 1923

From:    Memphis, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

Loss Date:    April 18, 1944

Location:    Off Iwo Jima

Circumstances:    Probably sunk by air attack

Remarks:     Photo courtesy of Robert Cruthirds via Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS GUDGEON (SS-211)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

Find a Grave Memorial: EM2 Wesley Willard Worthington, Jr (Honolulu Memorial)

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn’t come home

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)

The TSMA is a nonprofit memorial association registered as a 501(c) tax exempt organization and is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to receive charitable donations. Please make the TSMA one of the charities that you support.  You can make a donation here or send a check made to: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association, c/o 309 Church Street, #107, Nashville, TN 37201.

Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link]

Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link]

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

c/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201