Ted H. Scroggins
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Ted H. Scroggins was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
, on 13 September 1918 and enlisted in the United States Navy
on 7 December 1939. Aviation Radioman Second Class Scroggins was awarded the Air Medal
posthumously for his devotion to duty in the face of adverse weather and persistent enemy antiaircraft fire, during patrol missions and bombing attacks on Japanese
ships in Kiska
Harbor. He was lost in action on 15 June 1942 on an air mission in the Aleutians.
USS Scroggins
(DE-799) was named in honor of AR/2c Scroggins, sponsored by his sister, Mrs. Dartha Hardin.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It...
, on 13 September 1918 and enlisted in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
on 7 December 1939. Aviation Radioman Second Class Scroggins was awarded the Air Medal
Air Medal
The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States. The award was created in 1942, and is awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.-Criteria:...
posthumously for his devotion to duty in the face of adverse weather and persistent enemy antiaircraft fire, during patrol missions and bombing attacks on Japanese
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
ships in Kiska
Kiska
Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at . It is about long and varies in width from - Discovery :...
Harbor. He was lost in action on 15 June 1942 on an air mission in the Aleutians.
Namesake
In 1943, the destroyer escortDestroyer escort
A destroyer escort is the classification for a smaller, lightly armed warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. It is employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provides some protection...
USS Scroggins
USS Scroggins (DE-799)
USS Scroggins was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Aviation Radioman Second Class Ted H. Scroggins ....
(DE-799) was named in honor of AR/2c Scroggins, sponsored by his sister, Mrs. Dartha Hardin.