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- Enlisted under the name John Crist Hilton, so am assuming his mother's maiden name is Crist (or Christ).
Military History from Service Record:
05DEC1917 Enlisted-Norfolk VA
MAR1918: USS Alabama
APR1918: USS Dennis
01SEP1918 promoted to MM2/C
01APR1920 promoted to MM1/C
01DEC1922: Assigned to Sub Chaser 154 (Santo Domingo)
07APR1924: Punishment: 5 Days solitary confinment on Bread and Water
for "Carelessness in performance of duty" while on Sub Chaser 154
27SEP1924-Transferred to USS New York
08DEC1925: USS Case
30DEC1925: USS Toucey (282)
01MAR1926: Transfered to US Naval Hospital, Norfolk VA for sickness
"Not the result of his own misconduct:
18MAY1926: Transfered back to USS Toucey (282)
25AUG1926: Issued permenant appointment as MM1/C
01JUN1927: Drunk and disorderly - one week restriction
24SEP1927: Transfered to Hospital again for sickness "Not the result
of his own misconduct"
06DEC1927: Transfered back to USS Toucey
23JAN1928: Transfered to USS Mercy for medical treatment
24FEB1928: Dischared from Hospital and back to USS Toucey
07DEC1929: Discharged from USS Toucey
11DEC1929: Transfered to USS Eagle 58
25APR1931-05MAY1931 in Naval Hospital Charleston SC (misconduct)
05MAY1931: USS Eagle 58
03APR1934: Transfered to Naval Reserve at Navy Yard Washington DC
15MAY1939: Physically qualified for shore duty only
11SEP1939: Placed on retired list due to physical disability.
28AUG1941: Classified as physically qualified for mobilizetion ashore
19NOV1941: Recalled to Active duty
28NOV1941: reported to Navy Yard Philadelphia
28JAN1942: Transfered to YR-30 for Duty
28AUG1943: Transfered to Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, PA
01OCT1945: released from Active DutyT
- (Research):There is a John HILTON and wife, Mable, listied in the LA, LA County, CA 1930 Census, but by this entry, their estimated DOBs are 1896 and marriage about 1924. However looking at his Naval History, he was in Charleston... Maybe, his Wife was in LA while he was at sea?
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