S1C Frank Bill Corder (WWII, Typhoon Cobra)
Remembering S1C Frank Bill Corder January 8, 1925 - December 18, 1944 ---- "It was only by the combined might of the winds and the seas that Spence was silenced and finally laid to rest—honorably buried at sea as is befitting a brave and rugged seaman!" -Rear Admiral Henry A. Armstrong ---- S1C Frank Bill Corder (Service Number 8280798) was born January 8, 1922 in Raleigh County, WV, the son of Frank T. and Roena (Wadsworth) Corder. The 1920 Census shows their family as residing in Fayetteville, but Frank B's draft card lists Raleigh County as the place of his birth. In 1930, their family lived in Belle, WV, where Frank T. was a bookkeeper at the chemical plant (1930 census). They remained in Belle, though Frank T.'s position at the chemical plant evolved to Senior Foreman, Shipping and Filling (1940 Census). Frank attended DuPont High School for at least 8th grade and 9th grade, possibly longer though no yearbook verification has been available as of publication. Mi...