Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Landra, Earl Arthur December 25, 1943
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Tribute Paid Earl Landra Who Lost His Life Christmas Day
Earl Arthur Landra

Harbor Beach, Jan 14 -- An impressive tribute to Earl Arthur Landra, 20, drowned 
while on watch Christmas day at an overseas US submarine base, was paid by his 
commanding officer, Lieut. Commander R. C. Johnson, in a letter to his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Landra.   

Lieutenant Commander Johnson wrote "Mere words are a hollow tribute at a time 
such as this but you may take personal pride and comfort in the assurance that 
your son was performing an essential duty here and that he died just as 
gallantly as if he had been on the field of battle.   

Landra apparently slipped and fell in the bay during a heavy shower while on 
watch duty at the waterfront.  His disappearance was discovered by his relief 
and a search revealed his rifle and flashlight on a pier.  His body was 
recovered three days later.   

Funeral services were conducted at his station and the remains interred there 
for the duration of the war. A memorial mass was solemnized recently by Rev. 
George Flanagan in St Anthony's Cath ch, Helena, which he attended as a boy.

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Helena Man Loses Life in U S Navy
Helena - Mr. & Mrs. Ben Landra were notified Mon Jan 10, by Lieut. Commander R C 
Johnson, commanding officer of an overseas U S submarine base, that their son, 
Earl Landra, 20, was drowned Christmas night. He was watching on the waterfront 
of his base on an island in the Pacific. When his relief arrived to take over 
the watch Landra was missing. His rifle and flash light were found on the pier 
on the patrol. It is believed he had fallen in the bay. The body was recovered 
Dec 28. Landra was a seaman second class in the U S Naval Reserve. He enlisted 
two days after Pearl Harbor and had never been home on leave. 

His parents and a brother, Joseph survive him. A memorial mass was held at St 
Anthony church, Helena. Earl was born and lived at Helena until he enlisted in 
the Navy

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