OVERVIEW WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HICKEY, JR.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HICKEY, JR.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HICKEY, JR.

William Christopher Hickey, Jr., was born on 23 March 1923, in Providence, Rhode Island. After joining the Navy, he endured boot camp and specialty school, and served as a Machinist’s Mate Second Class, aboard the submarine USS Growler (SS-215).  

Growler was lost in a depth-charge attack in the South China Sea on 4 November 1944.