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EM2c Charles Donald Frederick
Military veterans, family, and friends filled St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana in February 1942 for a Mass in honor of a local man, Charles Donald Frederick, who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mr. Frederick was an electrician’s mate and petty officer second class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he died on Dec. 7, 1941.
He was born Aug. 6, 1919 at Abbeville to Severin “Frank” Frederick and Alice Mouton Frederick. The father was identified in the 1930 Census as an agent in the sewing machine industry. The mother was a homemaker.
The son was serving at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Delta, Utah, when he applied to the Navy in January 1939. The CCC was a Depression-era federal jobs program for young men. He enlisted in the Navy on July 11, 1939 at Salt Lake City.
After his death, the town council renamed the street leading to Abbeville High School as “Donald Frederick Avenue.” He’d completed 11th grade at the school.
At least one of his brothers, Francis, served in World War II. He was a Seabee.