Arthur Bernard Yeates, Jr.

Lieutenant Commander Yeates served aboard the USS Helena (CL-50) when the ship was sunk by multiple torpedoes in the Battle of Kula Gulf on July 6, 1943. He was a officially declared dead on August 10, 1945.

He was a graduate of Maury High School and the U. S. Naval Academy where he was crew captain.

His name is etched on the Walls of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines.