Background
William Wilson Creamer was born in York County, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1916.
William Wilson Creamer was born in York County, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1916.
Enlisting in the United States Naval Reserve in December 1939, he completed flight training, and was commissioned as an ensign in December 1940.
As a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 8 operating off the aircraft carrier United States Ship Hornet (CV-8) at the Battle of Midway, Creamer gallantly gave his life on June 4, 1942 in heroically pressing home an attack against a Japanese aircraft carrier in the face of overwhelming opposition. The United States. Navy destroyer escort United States Ship Creamer (Delaware-308), launched in 1944 but never completed, was named for Ensign Creamer.