Charles Wallace Spink

Wally was stationed aboard the USS Norman Scott during WW II. He was killed during a support battle at Tinian, 24 July 1944. He was initially buried on Saipan. Some time after, Robert B Marr, Brother -In-Law to Charles W Spink found the grave on Saipan and had the body transfered to Wally's family in Pawtucket, RI. He was then buried in Notre Dame Cemetery on Dagget Street.(Research):The following is an historical transcript pertaining to the USS Norman Scott.

Norman Scott (DD-690) was laid down 26 April 1943 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; launched 28 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Norman Scott; and commissioned 5 November 1943, Comdr. Seymour D. Owens in command.
On 14 January 1944, Norman Scott left Boston escorting Canberra (CA-70) to Pearl Harbor, arriving 1 February. Immediately she gave service in the Marshall Islands Campaign, guarding Gambier Bay (CVE-74) to newly-won Majuro. She returned to Pearl Harbor to prepare for the Marianas assault, during which she escorted heavy bombardment ships as well as conducting fire support missions of her own, during the invasion of Saipan, 15 June, and on Tinian. While firing on the latter 24 July, she was hit by counter fire and lost her captain and 21 others killed, and 50 wounded. Temporary repairs were made at Saipan, and on the 28th she sailed for Pearl Harbor and Mare Island, where permanent repairs were completed 21 October. Norman Scott trained her new crew in Hawaiian waters, then sailed for Manus, from which she escorted transports to the Philippines until 9 February 1945. She then joined the fast carrier task forces of the 5th and 3rd Fleets ranging the western Pacific for strikes which supported the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Later in the war, she closed the Japanese home shores as battleships bombarded them.
After supporting the occupation of the Japanese naval base at Yokosuka, Norman Scott returned briefly to Okinawa, then proceeded to the west coast, arriving for Navy Day (27 October) celebrations at Tacoma, Wash. After operating out of San Francisco, she decommissioned 30 April 1946 and was berthed in reserve at San Diego, moving in 1947 to Mare Island where she remains into 1970.
Norman Scott received 5 battle stars for World War II service.(Medical):Charles Wallace Spink was killed on board the USS Norman Scott in the battle Tinian Island, 24, July, 1944.