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This list of Navy
casualties by Date and Ship/Unit for January 1942 is a summary
of the names on the United States Naval Memorial (nm) site,
for which my thanks. The first entries from the Bureau of
Personnel casualty lists (bp) are also being added, with
thanks to Don Kindell, naval researcher from Ohio; "dd" refers
to the date declared dead, and some casualty codes need to be
identified.
The role of the Navy is widely known, but excerpts, in italics, from the "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II" (oc) by Robert J Cressman are being added to help clarify when ships were lost or damaged and to provide background to the casualties.
The role of the Navy is widely known, but excerpts, in italics, from the "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II" (oc) by Robert J Cressman are being added to help clarify when ships were lost or damaged and to provide background to the casualties.
JANUARY
1942
Monday,
January 5, 1942
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Pacific: Submarine tender Canopus (AS-9) is damaged by bombs, Lilimbom Cove, Mariveles, P.I. |
Sunday,
January 11, 1942
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Pacific: Carrier Saratoga (CV-3) is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-6, 500 miles southwest of Oahu, T.H., 19°00'N, 165°00'W. Naval Station Pago Pago, Samoa, is shelled by Japanese submarine. |
SARATOGA CV-3
HORNSBY, Marshall Thomas, WT2,
2955048, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942
(bp)
JOHNSON, Arthur Weller, WT2, 3211202, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
MOLTHEN, Victor Roy, F2, 3002899, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
PRYMULA, Aloysius Walter, F2, 3002066, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
RAINWATER, Osborn K , F1, 3466684, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
TAYLOR, Thomas Russell, WT1, 3683212, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
JOHNSON, Arthur Weller, WT2, 3211202, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
MOLTHEN, Victor Roy, F2, 3002899, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
PRYMULA, Aloysius Walter, F2, 3002066, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
RAINWATER, Osborn K , F1, 3466684, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
TAYLOR, Thomas Russell, WT1, 3683212, January 11, 1942, (CasCode121), dd January 11, 1942 (bp)
Thursday, January
15,1942
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Atlantic: Storm with wind velocity of more than 80 knots and gusts of over 100 knots hits Hvalfjordur, Iceland; heavy cruiser Wichita (CA-45) is damaged in collisions with U.S. freighter West Nohno and British trawler HMS Ebor Wyke, and in grounding near Hrafneyri light. |
Monday,
January 19,1942
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Pacific: Motor torpedo boat PT-31 is damaged when her engines fail because of what is believed to be sabotaged gasoline and she runs aground on reef north of Mayagao Point, Bataan, P.I. |
PT-31
BALLOUGH, Rudolph , MM1,
2070532, PT-31, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, Philippines,
killed, January 19, 1942, body not recovered, dd January 19,
1942 (bp)
DEAN, William Robert, GM3, 3957367, PT-31, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, Philippines, killed, January 19, 1942, body not recovered, dd January 19, 1942 (bp)
DEAN, William Robert, GM3, 3957367, PT-31, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, Philippines, killed, January 19, 1942, body not recovered, dd January 19, 1942 (bp)
Tuesday, January 20,1942
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Pacific: Motor torpedo boat PT-31, damaged by grounding the day before, is burned by crew to prevent capture, 14°45'N, 120°13'E. Submarine S-36 (SS-141) is damaged when she runs aground on Taka Bakang Reef, Makassar Strait, Celebes, N.E.I., 04°57'N, 118°31'E (see 21 January). |
Wednesday, January 21, 1942
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Pacific: In response to the movement of the Japanese convoy sighted the previous day in Makassar Strait, a U.S. task force (Rear Admiral William A. Glassford), consisting of light cruisers Boise (CL-47) (flagship) and Marblehead (CL-12) and four destroyers sails from Koepang, Timor, to engage it. En route, however, Boise steams across an uncharted pinnacle in Sape Strait, N.E.I., and suffers sufficient damage to eliminate her from the force. Submarine S-36 (SS-141), damaged by grounding on 20 January, is scuttled by her crew in Makassar Strait. |
American Legation, Canberra, Australia
HUTCHINSON, George L , LT,
71502, Naval Observer, January 21, 1942, died of wounds, dd
January 21, 1942, (bp)
Thursday,
January 22,1942
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Pacific: Destroyers Gridley (DD-380) and Fanning (DD-385) are damaged in collision 150 miles northwest of American Samoa as TF 8 proceeds toward the Marshalls and Gilberts. |
Friday,
January 23, 1942
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Pacific: Motor torpedo boat PT-34 is damaged in action with Japanese armed launch while on patrol off Bataan Peninsula. Oiler Neches (AO-5) is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-72, off Hawaiian Islands, 21°01'N, 160°06'W. The loss of the oiler supporting TF 11 (Vice Admiral Wilson Brown Jr.) forces cancellation of the projected raid on Wake. Destroyer Edsall (DD-219) is damaged by explosion of own depth charges during attack on submarine contact in Howard Channel, Clarence Strait, one of the approaches to Darwin, Australia. |
NECHES AO-5, 56 men lost; 56 in USNM log (nm)
ANDING, William, QM1c, USN (nm)
BAK, Joe, Cox, USN (nm)
BAKER, Arthur, F1c, USN (nm)
BARRY, Edward, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOWEN, Albert, F1c, USN (nm)
BUKOVICH, Anthony, Y3c, USN (nm)
CONRAD, Robert, BM2c, USN (nm)
CROUSORE, Verlin, GM3c, USN (nm)
DEVON, Robert, RM3c, USN (nm)
DICKEY, Shirley, F1c, USN (nm)
DONAHUE, John, MM1c, USN (nm)
DRAKE, Virgil, MM2c, USN (nm)
DUVALL, Lawrence, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ELDER, Roy, MM2c, USN (nm)
FERRIS, Donald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FIDLER, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FIGURSKI, Theodore, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GOLDEN, Glen, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GREEN, Cecil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HAAS, Robert, AS, USN (nm)
HAYS, Victor, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HERRING, Henry, F1c, USN (nm)
HOLLAND, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Gordon, SC1c, USN (nm)
KELLEY, Ronald, SK3c, USN (nm)
LEVAN, Francis, MM1c, USN (nm)
LEWIS, Guy, SK3c, USN (nm)
LONDERGAN, Joseph, WT1c, USN (nm)
LUCY, Herbert, WT1c, USN (nm)
MADDEN, Herbert, AS, USN (nm)
MARABLE, Malroy, WT2c, USN (nm)
MCCULLUM, Teddy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
NUNN, Bertram, Bkr2c, USN (nm)
OMALIA, Edward, F1c, USN (nm)
PLEMONS, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, Clifton, SK2c, USN (nm)
SCHINDLER, Richard, AS, USN (nm)
SHELTON, Donald, F2c, USN (nm)
SIDLO, Vencil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Richard, F1c, USN (nm)
SPOONER, Terry, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STANLEY, Colen, MM1c, USN (nm)
STANLEY, Dayton, SC3c, USN (nm)
STEELE, Mack, Bkr3c, USN (nm)
STENMAN, Laverne, AS, USN (nm)
SURBER, Merle, AS, USN (nm)
SWORTFIGUER, Arthur, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TRIBBLE, Davis, AS, USN (nm)
TUCKER, Joseph, AS, USN (nm)
VALENCIA, Juan, Sea1c, USN (nm)
VANDERPOOL, Marion, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Ernest, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WIGAND, Eldridge, AS, USN (nm)
WOITKIELEVICZ, Adam, AS, USN (nm)
YOUNG, Julius, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ZUK, Raymond, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BAK, Joe, Cox, USN (nm)
BAKER, Arthur, F1c, USN (nm)
BARRY, Edward, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOWEN, Albert, F1c, USN (nm)
BUKOVICH, Anthony, Y3c, USN (nm)
CONRAD, Robert, BM2c, USN (nm)
CROUSORE, Verlin, GM3c, USN (nm)
DEVON, Robert, RM3c, USN (nm)
DICKEY, Shirley, F1c, USN (nm)
DONAHUE, John, MM1c, USN (nm)
DRAKE, Virgil, MM2c, USN (nm)
DUVALL, Lawrence, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ELDER, Roy, MM2c, USN (nm)
FERRIS, Donald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FIDLER, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FIGURSKI, Theodore, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GOLDEN, Glen, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GREEN, Cecil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HAAS, Robert, AS, USN (nm)
HAYS, Victor, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HERRING, Henry, F1c, USN (nm)
HOLLAND, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Gordon, SC1c, USN (nm)
KELLEY, Ronald, SK3c, USN (nm)
LEVAN, Francis, MM1c, USN (nm)
LEWIS, Guy, SK3c, USN (nm)
LONDERGAN, Joseph, WT1c, USN (nm)
LUCY, Herbert, WT1c, USN (nm)
MADDEN, Herbert, AS, USN (nm)
MARABLE, Malroy, WT2c, USN (nm)
MCCULLUM, Teddy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
NUNN, Bertram, Bkr2c, USN (nm)
OMALIA, Edward, F1c, USN (nm)
PLEMONS, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, Clifton, SK2c, USN (nm)
SCHINDLER, Richard, AS, USN (nm)
SHELTON, Donald, F2c, USN (nm)
SIDLO, Vencil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Richard, F1c, USN (nm)
SPOONER, Terry, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STANLEY, Colen, MM1c, USN (nm)
STANLEY, Dayton, SC3c, USN (nm)
STEELE, Mack, Bkr3c, USN (nm)
STENMAN, Laverne, AS, USN (nm)
SURBER, Merle, AS, USN (nm)
SWORTFIGUER, Arthur, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TRIBBLE, Davis, AS, USN (nm)
TUCKER, Joseph, AS, USN (nm)
VALENCIA, Juan, Sea1c, USN (nm)
VANDERPOOL, Marion, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Ernest, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WIGAND, Eldridge, AS, USN (nm)
WOITKIELEVICZ, Adam, AS, USN (nm)
YOUNG, Julius, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ZUK, Raymond, Sea2c, USN (nm)
Saturday,
January 24, 1942
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Pacific: Battle off Balikpapan (Battle of Makassar Strait) occurs when four U.S. destroyers (Commander Paul H. Talbot) (DesDiv 59) attack Japanese Borneo invasion convoy. Destroyer John D. Ford (DD-228) is damaged by gunfire (01°20'N, 117°01'E) but sinks transport Tsuruga Maru; destroyer Parrott (DD- 218) sinks transport Sumanoura Maru; destroyers Paul Jones (DD-230) and Pope (DD-225) sink transport Tatsukami Maru; Paul Jones sinks cargo ship Kuretaki Maru; Parrott sinks Patrol Boat No.37, 00°10'N, 118°00'E. Submarine tender Canopus (AS-9) is damaged by bombs, Lilimbom Cove, Mariveles. Caribbean: Submarine S-26 (SS-131) is accidentally rammed and sunk by submarine chaser PC-460 in Gulf of Panama, 08°13'N, 79°21'E. PC-460 rescues three survivors. Despite a search by the patrol craft and the other three submarines in company, S-21 (SS-126), S-29 (SS-134) and S-44 (SS-155), no other survivors are found; 46 men lose their lives in the mishap. |
S-26 SS-131, 46 men lost, 3 survived; 42 in USNM log (nm)
ADAMS, Leonard, MM1c, USN (nm)
AMICK, Leroy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, Glen, EM2c, USN (nm)
BARANICK, George, F2c, USN (nm)
BAUER, Clinton, MM1c, USN (nm)
BAUMBACH, Alvin, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BIEBUYCK, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Harry, Y1c, USN (nm)
BURCHART, Edwin, MM1c, USN (nm)
BURROUGHS, George, F2c, USN (nm)
CLAFLIN, Carl, F2c, USN (nm)
CLARK, Carl, MM2c, USN (nm)
CLOUGH, Richard, MM2c, USN (nm)
CRABTREE, Eugene, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CRUMBLEY, Byron, CEM, USN (nm)
DAWSON, James, RM3c, USN (nm)
EHRLE, Elwood, GM3c, USN (nm)
EVANS, David, CMM, USN (nm)
GAMBLE, Robert, MM2c, USN (nm)
GILL, Joseph, CTM, USN (nm)
HOMIC, Bennie, MM1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Nathaniel, Matt1c, USN (nm)
KASSEBAUM, Harry, MM1c, USN (nm)
LORENTE, Walter, EM1c, USN (nm)
LOVE, Lloyd, Cox, USN (nm)
MACLACHLAN, Robert, RM1c, USN (nm)
MATTES, Raymond, TM3c, USN (nm)
NELSON, R., Sea2c, USN (nm)
OBRIEN, John, SM3c, USN (nm)
PETERSON, Arthur, F1c, USN (nm)
PLYLER, Hazel, MM2c, USN (nm)
RAMSEY, Carl, GM2c, USN (nm)
RIFKIN, Steven, F1c, USN (nm)
RUSSELL, George, EM2c, USN (nm)
RUSSLER, Clifford, SM1c, USN (nm)
SCHMUTZ, John, CRM, USN (nm)
SEIBERT, William, TM2c, USN (nm)
SHATTUCK, Herbert, CTM, USN (nm)
STUBBINS, Joseph, Ens, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, Harry, Ens, USN (nm)
TOW, Paul, TM3c, USN (nm)
VEZINA, Roderique, F2c, USN (nm)
AMICK, Leroy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, Glen, EM2c, USN (nm)
BARANICK, George, F2c, USN (nm)
BAUER, Clinton, MM1c, USN (nm)
BAUMBACH, Alvin, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BIEBUYCK, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Harry, Y1c, USN (nm)
BURCHART, Edwin, MM1c, USN (nm)
BURROUGHS, George, F2c, USN (nm)
CLAFLIN, Carl, F2c, USN (nm)
CLARK, Carl, MM2c, USN (nm)
CLOUGH, Richard, MM2c, USN (nm)
CRABTREE, Eugene, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CRUMBLEY, Byron, CEM, USN (nm)
DAWSON, James, RM3c, USN (nm)
EHRLE, Elwood, GM3c, USN (nm)
EVANS, David, CMM, USN (nm)
GAMBLE, Robert, MM2c, USN (nm)
GILL, Joseph, CTM, USN (nm)
HOMIC, Bennie, MM1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Nathaniel, Matt1c, USN (nm)
KASSEBAUM, Harry, MM1c, USN (nm)
LORENTE, Walter, EM1c, USN (nm)
LOVE, Lloyd, Cox, USN (nm)
MACLACHLAN, Robert, RM1c, USN (nm)
MATTES, Raymond, TM3c, USN (nm)
NELSON, R., Sea2c, USN (nm)
OBRIEN, John, SM3c, USN (nm)
PETERSON, Arthur, F1c, USN (nm)
PLYLER, Hazel, MM2c, USN (nm)
RAMSEY, Carl, GM2c, USN (nm)
RIFKIN, Steven, F1c, USN (nm)
RUSSELL, George, EM2c, USN (nm)
RUSSLER, Clifford, SM1c, USN (nm)
SCHMUTZ, John, CRM, USN (nm)
SEIBERT, William, TM2c, USN (nm)
SHATTUCK, Herbert, CTM, USN (nm)
STUBBINS, Joseph, Ens, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, Harry, Ens, USN (nm)
TOW, Paul, TM3c, USN (nm)
VEZINA, Roderique, F2c, USN (nm)
Monday,
January 26, 1942
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Atlantic: U.S. freighter West Ivis is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-125 off the eastern seaboard. There are no survivors from either the 36-man civilian crew or the 9-man Armed Guard. |
WEST IVIS, merchant ship, 45 crew lost including 9 Armed Guard (nm)
ALSOP, Leo, Cox, USN (nm)
ELLINGTON, Stanford, Sea2c, USN (nm)
EMERICK, Floyd, AS, USN (nm)
JACKSON, Claudius, Sea2c, USN (nm)
JORDAN, John, Ens, USN (nm)
LANHAM, Roy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCLEOD, William, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SHAFFER, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SPEER, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ELLINGTON, Stanford, Sea2c, USN (nm)
EMERICK, Floyd, AS, USN (nm)
JACKSON, Claudius, Sea2c, USN (nm)
JORDAN, John, Ens, USN (nm)
LANHAM, Roy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCLEOD, William, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SHAFFER, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SPEER, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
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Atlantic: Coast Guard cutter Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34) is torpedoed by German submarine U-132 off Reykjavik, Iceland, 64°10'N, 22°56'W (see 31 January). Click for USCG casualties |
Friday,
January 30, 1942
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Pacific: Japanese naval land attack planes (Genzan Kokutai) bomb Allied shipping at Keppel Harbor, Singapore, Straits Settlements; transport Wakefield (AP-21), waiting to embark passengers, is damaged by a bomb. Atlantic: Coast Guard cutter Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34), torpedoed by German submarine U-132 the previous day, is scuttled by gunfire of destroyer Ericsson (DD-440) off Reykjavik, Iceland. |
WAKEFIELD AP-21, amongst the dead were four USCG men and one USN (nm)
COADY, Wilfred, F1c, USCG (nm)
COOSE, John, Sea1c, USCG (nm)
CRONCE, Paul, MM2c, USCG (nm)
FIELDS, Evan, HA1c, USN (nm)
TURNER, Daniel, Sea1c, USCG (nm)
COOSE, John, Sea1c, USCG (nm)
CRONCE, Paul, MM2c, USCG (nm)
FIELDS, Evan, HA1c, USN (nm)
TURNER, Daniel, Sea1c, USCG (nm)