WWII

Clifford Rudolph Maxwell

Rate / Rank
F 1c

Birthdate
January 8 1923

Date of Death
October 2 2001

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
August 26 1943 - March 24 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Southern Palau Island; Leyte; Lingayen Gulf; Okinawa

Significant Duty Stations

USS Nitro (AE-2); USS McKinley (AGC-7); USS Avery Island (AG-76); USS Piedmont (AD-17)

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Maxwell had orders to report to the USS Mt. Hood (AE-11) for duty. He was a bit late, missed the ship, and watched as the Hood sailed out of Pearl Harbor. The ship blew up (November 19, 1944) killing everyone on board. If he had arrived at Pearl Harbor one hour before he did, most likely he would have been aboard the Hood when it exploded. Worked for Roddenbery Hardware in Cairo. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.