Jacket, Jumper, US Navy, EM2c Donald DuChateau, USS Marblehead, Atlantic
Nice genuine WWII US Navy blue wool jumper, retaining its original Electrician's Mate 2nd Class rating/rank badge on the right sleeve.
Very good overall condition; name D. F. DuChateau has been written on the name tag.
Donald Felix DuChateau was born on April 2, 1921 in Green Bay, Wisconsin and joined the US Navy on July 16, 1942 (service number 305-35-89). He went on to serve with the crew of USS Marblehead (CL-12), a light cruiser which deployed to the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, and was discharged as an Electrician's Mate 1st Class. He passed away on October 26, 2014.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/04/012/04012.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/84203620/donald-felix-duchateau
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