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184 Yale University Obituary Record
David Fletcher Currier, B.A. 1938.
Born August 9, 1914, in Tarrytown, N.Y
Died August 5, 1943, off the coast of North Carolina.
Father, Edward Putnam Currier (B A. Harvard 1909), retired member Field, Glore & Company, investment securities, New York City, son
of Henry Malcolm and Alice (Taylor) Currier of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Mother, Dorothy (Fletcher) Currier, daughter of Charles and Anna May
(Jones) Fletcher of Melrose, Mass Yale relatives include a cousin, Holbrook Bradley, '40.
Milton (Mass.) Academy and Westminster School, London, England.
Freshman Baseball and Basketball teams; University Baseball Squad
Sophomore year; member N.R O T C. at Yale, Fence Club, Scroll and
Key, Torch Honor Society, and Calhoun College (Vanderbdt touch football team Sophomore year; basketball, baseball, and touch football teams
Junior and Senior years)
In sports department Pic Magazine December, 1938—April, 1939; associated with American Airlines April, 1939—July, 1940; member Christ
Church (Episcopal), Greenwich, Conn
Married March 8, 1941, in Greenwich, Margaret Pitkin Brown (B.A
Vassar Coll 1940), daughter of Richmond L. Brown, '07, and Helen (Pitkin) Brown Children Barbara and David, Jr
Took V-7 training course on U S S Prairie State November, 1940—
February, 1941, called to active duty as Ensign and sent to Naval Reserve
Officers Training School, Staten Island, August 18, 1941; assigned to inshore patrol duty, Staten Island, August 18-November 12, 1941, and Port
Director's Office, New York City, November 12, 1941—February 23, 1942;
instructor Training School, Fort Schuyler, February 23-Apnl 5, 1942, and
Naval Training School (local defense), Boston, April 5-September, 1942;
promoted Lieutenant () g ) June 17, 1942, and Lieutenant July 1, 1943;
sent to Sound School, Key West, Fla, September 2-16, 1942, and Sub
Chaser Training Center, Miami, September 16-October 29, 1942; executive officer October 31, 1942, and commanding officer February 8-
June 18, 1943, navigator on USS —— (gunboat) June 18-August 5,
1943
Lieutenant Currier lost his life when his ship was torpedoed and sunk off
the coast of North Carolina Posthumously awarded a citation by Secretary of the Navy Survived by wife (Mrs. H Everton Hosley, Jr.), children, parents, and a brother, Edward Putnam Currier, Jr. (B.A. Harvard
1936), of County Real, Texas
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 184 |
| Transcript | 184 Yale University Obituary Record David Fletcher Currier, B.A. 1938. Born August 9, 1914, in Tarrytown, N.Y Died August 5, 1943, off the coast of North Carolina. Father, Edward Putnam Currier (B A. Harvard 1909), retired member Field, Glore & Company, investment securities, New York City, son of Henry Malcolm and Alice (Taylor) Currier of Wellesley Hills, Mass. Mother, Dorothy (Fletcher) Currier, daughter of Charles and Anna May (Jones) Fletcher of Melrose, Mass Yale relatives include a cousin, Holbrook Bradley, '40. Milton (Mass.) Academy and Westminster School, London, England. Freshman Baseball and Basketball teams; University Baseball Squad Sophomore year; member N.R O T C. at Yale, Fence Club, Scroll and Key, Torch Honor Society, and Calhoun College (Vanderbdt touch football team Sophomore year; basketball, baseball, and touch football teams Junior and Senior years) In sports department Pic Magazine December, 1938—April, 1939; associated with American Airlines April, 1939—July, 1940; member Christ Church (Episcopal), Greenwich, Conn Married March 8, 1941, in Greenwich, Margaret Pitkin Brown (B.A Vassar Coll 1940), daughter of Richmond L. Brown, '07, and Helen (Pitkin) Brown Children Barbara and David, Jr Took V-7 training course on U S S Prairie State November, 1940— February, 1941, called to active duty as Ensign and sent to Naval Reserve Officers Training School, Staten Island, August 18, 1941; assigned to inshore patrol duty, Staten Island, August 18-November 12, 1941, and Port Director's Office, New York City, November 12, 1941—February 23, 1942; instructor Training School, Fort Schuyler, February 23-Apnl 5, 1942, and Naval Training School (local defense), Boston, April 5-September, 1942; promoted Lieutenant () g ) June 17, 1942, and Lieutenant July 1, 1943; sent to Sound School, Key West, Fla, September 2-16, 1942, and Sub Chaser Training Center, Miami, September 16-October 29, 1942; executive officer October 31, 1942, and commanding officer February 8- June 18, 1943, navigator on USS —— (gunboat) June 18-August 5, 1943 Lieutenant Currier lost his life when his ship was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of North Carolina Posthumously awarded a citation by Secretary of the Navy Survived by wife (Mrs. H Everton Hosley, Jr.), children, parents, and a brother, Edward Putnam Currier, Jr. (B.A. Harvard 1936), of County Real, Texas |
