Clarence F. Leary, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetClarence F. Leary
United States Navy officer
Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1894
Date of Death: 20-Jul-1918
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Clarence F. Leary
- Clarence Frederick Leary (11 January 1894 – 20 July 1918) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I. Leary was born in Fowey, England, and soon immigrated with his family to the United States.
- After the US entered World War I, on 12 June 1918 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve.
- He was later appointed the Executive Officer of the cargo ship USS Charlton Hall ID-1359, with Lieutenant Commander J.
- L.
- Evans, USNRF, in command of the ship. On 20 July 1918, a fire broke out in the hold of the Charlton Hall.
- Leary entered the burning hold in order to save crewmen that were trapped there.
- He died hours later of burns and smoke inhalation. Lieutenant Clarence F.
- Leary was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his self-sacrificing valor.
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