World War II
Service # | 0-374388 |
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Unit | 103rd Field Artillery Battalion, 43rd Infantry Division |
Rank | Captain U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Rhode Island |
Date of Death | October 26 1942 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
7
Honolulu Memorial |
Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Cross
Notes
Captain Euart died while rescuing soldiers on board the USAT President Coolidge when it sank at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Partial remains were recovered by a civilian diver in 2012. A JPAC underway recovery teams discovered additional remains in 2014. CAPT Euart remains were identified. His remains are interred at a private cemetery in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.