United States Navy · World War I
Walter Henry Welcher
United States Navy · World War I
- Class of
- 1916
- Enlisted
- 1917
- Branch
- Navy
Walter Welcher trained at Pelham Bay, NY and was assigned to the U.S.S. Avocet, a mine sweeper of the so-called suicide fleet. His ship cruised the Atlantic Coast mine sweeping and answering SOS calls. Walter transferred to the U.S.S. Brant also sweeping mines. He later sailed with the Pacific Fleet through the Panama Canal .
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