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ABBEY DELRAY WALL OF HONOR
Sherrill 'Bill' May
Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: Signalman 2nd Class
Date of Birth: 08/23/1924
Place of Birth: Pikesville, KY
Name of High School: N/A
City/State: N/A
College: N/A
Name of Spouse: Patricia
How long married: 31 Yrs.
Residence before Abbey Delray: Boynton Beach, FL
Career: Supervisor in Postal Service, and Real Estate Brokerage
No. of Children: 3 | Grandchildren: 4 | Great Grandchildren: 9
Your experience in the service: Served on the Destroyer U.S.S Barton which was torpedoed and sunk during the battle of Guadalcanal in Nov. 1942. There were only 42 survivors and Bill was one of them. He swam to a small island and lived with the natives until he was rescued.
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