Robert La Verne Ward

UnitUSS Bass
RankSeaman Second Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathAugust 17 1942
Buried
Plot
C
Row
6
Grave
29
Notes
A 22 year old American man from New York serving as a Seaman Second Class aboard the submarine "USS Bass" (SS-164) during World War II. On August 17, 1942 while submerged, a fire started in the after battery room and spread to the torpedo room killing 25 crew members from asphyxiation from poisonous gas. He was buried at the Corozal American Cemetery.