Billy Gene DeJanatt
1925-2020
Photo from Fighting Men of Arkansas
Billy Gene DeJarnatt was born December 7, 1925 in Quitman, Cleburne Co., Ar. to
Frederick Fordyce & Mayme Evangaline Castellow DeJarnatt.
September 12, 1947 he married Colleen E Hampton at Fort Smith, Sebastian
Co., Ar. where they both resided.
The only information found about his serice in the US Navy is below in his
biography and the Navy muster rolls at the bottom of the page.
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Billy Gene DeJarnatt passed away Decembet 7, 1928 in North Little Rock, Arkansas and was buried
in Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum in Alexander, Saline County,
Akansas.
Bill Gene DeJarnatt, 94, of North Little Rock, passed away January 30, 2020.
Born in Quitman, Arkansas to Frederick and Mayme DeJarnatt,.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in World War II and a member of Rosedale
Baptist Church where he was a Deacon.
He is survived by his daughter, Barbara Alston (Ned) of North Little Rock;
sister, Kitty McAdams of Ft. Smith, son-in-law, Bill Margrave of Little Rock;
grandchildren, Brian Margrave of Arizona, Kerri Nettles (Jonathan) of North
Little Rock and Brad Margrave (Chelsey) of Little Rock; great-grandchildren,
Nicolas Gonzales, Gavin Madru, Abby Margrave and Alexis Margrave; and other
family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Colleen DeJarnatt and brothers,
James DeJarnatt and Ben DeJarnatt.
Services will be held on Tuesday, February 4 at 12:00 p.m., preceded by
visitation beginning at 11:00, at Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct.
(NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.), officiated by Pastor Hart Moore.
Interment at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home
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Biography from Fighting Men of Arkansas
From Wikipedia
USS Darke (APA-159) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy in from 1944 to 1946.
Photo below muster records
Departing Port Hueneme, California, 4 December 1944, Darke joined in training in Hawaiian waters from 10 December to 27 January 1945,
then sailed to Saipan for rehearsal landings. On 16 February she cleared for Iwo Jima, landing men of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th
Marine Division during the assault on 19 February. She lay off the bitterly contested island unloading cargo and receiving casualties until
25 February when she sailed for Saipan, arriving 5 March. She sailed to Espiritu Santo to embark Army troops, and carried them by way of
Saipan to Ulithi, staging point for the invasion of Okinawa. Darke landed these men as reinforcements at Okinawa from 9 to 14 April, returning
to Ulithi 23 April to replenish. Loading two new LCMs at Guam, she got underway for San Pedro Bay, Leyte, arriving 29 May for duty training Army
troops until the end of the war.
From 27 August to 6 October 1945 Darke made two voyages carrying troops from San Pedro Bay to Japan for the occupation. Assigned to "Magic Carpet"
duty returning servicemen eligible for discharge to the United States, she cleared Hiro, Honshū, 11 October, embarking passengers at Guam,
Guadalcanal, and Nouméa and arriving at San Francisco 18 November. From 30 November 1945 to 3 February 1946 she made two more voyages to bring
home veterans from Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and Kwajalein. On 10 February she got underway from San Francisco for the East Coast, arriving at
Norfolk 27 February.
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