Bolt Dwight

Monuments

USS Guam and Trenton memorial

Name:

Dwight Bolt

Rank:

Signalman First Class Petty Officer

Serial Number:

Unit:

U.S.S. Trenton

Date of Death:

1977-01-17

State:

Ohio

Cemetery:

Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati

Plot:

Garden LN, Section 139, Lot C, Space 73

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

SM1 Bolt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born on April 25, 1955. He enlisted in the US Navy and was assigned in USS Trenton on May 29, 1962, and served in Vietnam. He died on January 17, 1977, at age 32, in the Liberty launch boat (LCM-6) accident as he was aboard. Their boat struck a freighter and capsized during the USS Trenton and USS Guam visitation in Barcelona, Spain. He left behind a widow, Deborah Bolt and two children, James Kelly Bolt and Sherrie Cobb. He is now buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA.