WT1C Layton William Slaughter (WWII, Typhoon Cobra)
Remembering WT1C William Layton Slaughter, Jr. (Huntington) May 17, 1922 - 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 ---- WT1C Layton William Slaughter, Jr. (Service Number 5603473) was born on May 17, 1922 in Huntington, WV, the son of CPL Layton William Slaughter, Sr. and Georgia (Bias) Slaughter. CPL Slaughter, Sr. served in the Army in both WWI and WWII. Their family, which included Layton's older sister Carol, lived in Huntington through at least 1924 (1924 Huntington City Directory). By 1930, Layton, Sr. and Georgia were divorced, and he had remarried (1930 Census). Georgia, Carol, and Layton (Jr) lived with Georgia's mom and brother on Hannan Road in Mason County (1930 Census). Georgia soon married Howard Dillard. Their family remained in Glenwood, Mason County, where H...