ARM2c
Lloyd
Richard
(Richard)
"Dick"
Woellhof
Born in Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Laura Lucille (Woellhof) Murrison and Lawrence Ray Woellhof
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 20
in Chichi-jima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Oct 2020
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Biography
US Navy - Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Lloyd Richard Woellhof’s memorial marker is in Greenwood Cemetery. Also, Dick’s name is listed among the missing on Tablets at the Honolulu Memorial. See F.A.G.#9204905
On July 4, 1942, Dick enlisted in the Navy at age 17 with the consent of his mother.
On the morning of July 4, 1944, Dick was in the gunner’s seat of a Curtiss SB2C Helldriver piloted by Owen Hintz that flew off of the USS Yorktown CV-10 to bomb the Japanese on Chichi Jima’s harbor. Dick and Owen’s plane was shot down with Owen killed instantly. Dick was captured and tortured thus becoming a P.O.W. About a month later, Dick was brutely executed (beheaded) by the Japanese.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #96735569
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