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Rear Admiral Wreford Goss Chapple [196]
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Rear Admiral Wreford Goss Chapple [196]
- Born: 19 Mar 1908, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA 2
- Marriage (1): Grace Haimovitch [201] 1
- Died: 20 May 1991, Coronado, San Diego, California, USA at age 83 3
- Buried: US Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 4
 Another name for Wreford was Moon Chapple.
General Notes:
Torpedoed the Haro Maru, the second Japanese ship of WWII
Adm. Chapple was sent in the very dangerous Bay to bring out Mac Arthur. This was putting his men in harm's way. However, after arriving he learned Mac Arthur left on a PT boat.
The above notes from Chapple, Michael W, II
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Noted events in his life were:
• Census: Age 11, birth MT 1909, 10 Jan 1920, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. 7
• Cemetery: US Naval Academy Columbarium: Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. 4
Wreford married Grace Haimovitch [201] [MRIN: 77].1 (Grace Haimovitch [201] was born on 22 Feb 1909 in Shang Hai, , , China 4 and died on 28 Nov 1984.)
Wreford next married Living
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Sources
1
The San Diego Union (San Diego, San Diego, California), Wreford Chapple obitiuary, 25 May 1991.
2
Chapple, Steve, Kayaking the Full Moon (Chapple, S. (1993). Kayaking the Full Moon. New York: HarperCollins), p 169.
3
Family Tree Maker, Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1998, CD #110.
4
Chapple, Michael W, (II), Letter to EG Balsam (Date written 12 Nov 2003), Page 2 of 3.
5
The San Diego Union (San Diego, San Diego, California), Wreford Chapple obituary, 25 May 1991.
6
Chapple, Steve, Kayaking the Full Moon (Chapple, S. (1993). Kayaking the Full Moon. New York: HarperCollins), p 161.
7
Montana, Yellowstone County, 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Lewis W Chapple household, city of Billings, eD 163, SD 3, sheet 10a, 1002 30th St North, dwelling 197, family 223, FHL film A07574 1820978.
