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Part 1 - BY DATE, MARCH 1942

USS Kearney alongside USS Monssen at Reykjavik two days after being torpedoed on Oct 17, 1941. Note torpedo hit amidships  (NA/Fred Weiss, click to enlarge) return to US Navy Casualties, WW2
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This list of Navy casualties by Date and Ship/Unit for March 1942 is a summary of the names on the United States Naval Memorial site, for which my thanks. All US merchant ships sunk are also included, even if there no entries for Armed Guard losses.

The next step will be to cross-reference these names to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Ne





MARCH 1942


AFTERMATH OF BATTLE FOR JAVA

Japanese land on north coast of Java. Battle of Sunda Strait begins shortly before midnight on February 28, as heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) and Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, attempting to retire from Java, accidentally encounter Japanese transport force and escorting ships in Banten Bay, Java, and engage them

Battle of Sunda Strait continues as heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) and Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, heading for Sunda Strait, are attacked by three Japanese cruisers and nine destroyers. In the melee, Houston (05°50'S, 105°55'E) and Perth are sunk by torpedoes and gunfire of Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma. Houston's commanding officer, Captain Albert H. Rooks, killed while his ship is being abandoned, is later awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroism, courage, gallantry and distinguished service during the period between 4 and 27 February.

In another action in the wake of the Battle of the Java Sea, Japanese heavy cruisers Myoko, Ashigara, Haguro and Nachi engage three Allied ships fleeing Java, sinking British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and destroyer HMS Encounter. U.S. destroyer Pope (DD-225), the third ship, escapes the cruisers but is located and bombed by floatplanes from seaplane carriers Chitose and Mizuho. Damaged by one close-miss, Pope is then located by carrier attack planes from Ryujo and bombed; scuttling is in progress when Myoko and Ashigara deliver the coup de grace with gunfire at 04°00'S, 111°30'E.

Japanese planes bomb Surabaya, Java; destroyer Stewart (DD-224), previously damaged on 19 and 20 February 1942, is damaged again, by bomb.

Japanese naval forces sweep the waters south of Java. Destroyer Edsall (DD-219) is sunk by gunfire of battleships Hiei and Kirishima, heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, and planes from carriers Akagi and Soryu. Edsall's five enlisted survivors are executed at Kendari subsequently. Oiler Pecos (AO-6), with Langley (AV-3) survivors on board as well as evacuees from Java, is bombed and sunk by carrier bombers from Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, and Soryu, south of Christmas Island, 14°27'S, 106°11'E.


Sunday, March 1, 1942

  BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT
HOUSTON CA-30, heavy cruiser, sunk with Australian light cruiser HMS Perth in Sunda Strait by Japanese cruiser force, "of the crew less than half make it into the water in Sunda Strait. Many of Houston's survivors were captured and interred in Japanese prisons" and like HMAS Perth's survivors, many will die as POW's; 632 men in USNM log
ABATE, Leo, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ABRAHAMSON, Chester, BM1c, USN (nm)
ADAMS, Charles, Pvt, USMC (nm)
ADAMS, Richard, Sea2c, USN (nm)
AH, Fong, StM1c, USN (nm)
AIRHART, Albert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ALBERS, Harold, AMM1c, USN (nm)
ALBIN, Blumer, F2c, USN (nm)
ALBRECHT, Edward, Pfc, USMC (nm)
ALFORD, Charles, Bug1c, USN (nm)
ALLABAUGH, Everett, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ALLEN, Glen, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ALLEN, Harper, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ALLEN, Roy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ALLEVA, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ALLRED, Max, SM2c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, Carl, WT2c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, Ralph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ANDREWS, David, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ANGLIN, Roy, SM2c, USN (nm)
ANGLIN, Rudell, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ANSPAUGH, George, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ANTHONY, Arthur, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ARGO, Charlie, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ARNESON, Raymond, AMM3c, USN (nm)
ASHMEAD, Morris, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ASHTON, Charles, MM1c, USN (nm)
ASHTON, James, F2c, USN (nm)
AUSTIN, Roy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
AUTIO, Lauren, Sea2c, USN (nm)
AWTREY, Palmer, Sea1c, USN (nm)
AYERS, Ray, CQM, USN (nm)
BACHER, Albert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BAILEY, James, RM3c, USN (nm)
BAILEY, Lester, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BAIZE, Talbert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BAKER, George, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BAKER, George, WT1c, USN (nm)
BAKER, Wayne, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BARNETT, Roger, MM3c, USN (nm)
BARNEY, Dwight, Sgt, USMC (nm)
BARR, George, GM1c, USN (nm)
BARRETT, Norval, SF3c, USN (nm)
BARRETT, Raleigh, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BARRINGER, Elra, FC2c, USN (nm)
BARRON, Floyd, Pvt, USMC (nm)
BASSETT, Robert, MM2c, USN (nm)
BAUGHN, Norvel, EM2c, USN (nm)
BECK, Oree, ACk, USMC (nm)
BECKETT, Robert, Pfc, USMC (nm)
BELL, John, WT2c, USN (nm)
BENJAMIN, Leslie, GM3c, USN (nm)
BETTINGER, Phillip, QM2c, USN (nm)
BIECHLIN, Neal, Y2c, USN (nm)
BINGLEY, Harold, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BISHOP, Viva, Cpl, USMC (nm)
BLACK, Isaac, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BLACK, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BLAKE, Paul, GM3c, USN (nm)
BLOCH, Francis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOCK, Dudley, PhM3c, USN (nm)
BONKOSKI, John, GM1c, USN (nm)
BOONE, Evans, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BOOROM, Richard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOOTH, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOOTHE, Merton, MM2c, USN (nm)
BOURGEOIS, Frederick, Ens, USN (nm)
BOWLBY, Wilbur, FC3c, USN (nm)
BOWLER, Morris, WT1c, USN (nm)
BOWMAN, Byrl, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BOYNTON, Dwight, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BRAATHEN, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BRADLEY, Leonard, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BRANDT, Lester, Pfc, USMC (nm)
BRASFIELD, William, Pvt, USMC (nm)
BRILL, Richard, GM3c, USN (nm)
BRISLIN, Charles, RM1c, USN (nm)
BROCKMAN, Clarence, MM3c, USN (nm)
BROOKS, Harold, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Allen, Y3c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Donald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Harold, BM1c, USN (nm)
BRUST, James, Cox, USN (nm)
BUBNIS, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BUICE, William, F1c, USN (nm)
BUJAK, Stanley, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BULLA, John, MM1c, USN (nm)
BUNNELL, Victor, TC1c, USN (nm)
BUNS, Arnold, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BURRELL, Delbert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BURRELL, Roy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BURTON, Filmore, MM3c, USN (nm)
BUSHELL, Alfred, Mach, USN (nm)
BUTTON, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
BYRD, J., MM2c, USN (nm)
BYRNE, Dan, WT1c, USN (nm)
CALAWAY, Ryhman, GM3c, USN (nm)
CALVERT, Arthur, Sea2c, USN (nm)
CAMPBELL, Creed, EM1c, USN (nm)
CANTRIL, Thomas, F1c, USN (nm)
CAPLICKI, Joseph, MM3c, USN (nm)
CARLSON, Clarence, MM3c, USN (nm)
CARLYLE, Edward, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CARNEY, George, Cox, USN (nm)
CARSILLO, Romeo, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CARTER, Gilbert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CASERIO, Ebo, CMM, USN (nm)
CASEY, Leonard, MM2c, USN (nm)
CASH, James, GM3c, USN (nm)
CASSADAY, William, Pvt, USMC (nm)
CATON, Laverne, SK3c, USN (nm)
CEBELAK, Sylvester, RM3c, USN (nm)
CHAN, George, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHANDLER, Richard, Sea2c, USN (nm)
CHANDLER, Thomas, MM3c, USN (nm)
CHANG, Si, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHAY, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CHEADLE, Clarence, FC3c, USN (nm)
CHENG, Cheu, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHENG, Song, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHERRY, Claude, FC2c, USN (nm)
CHERRY, Travis, GM1c, USN (nm)
CHIE, Ke, Matt2c, USN (nm)
CHIEN, Limg, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHIH, Shou, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHING, Yu, Matt2c, USN (nm)
CHISHOLM, John, LCdr, USN (nm)
CHORMANN, Chester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CHOW, Shing, Matt1c, USN (nm)
CHRISTENSEN, Lester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CLARK, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
CLINGINGSMITH, Dale, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CLYMER, Shelton, BM1c, USN (nm)
COBLE, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
COLBERT, Patrick, MM2c, USN (nm)
COLBERT, Urban, Cox, USN (nm)
COLLINS, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
COMER, Joseph, CEM, USN (nm)
CONNELL, James, MM3c, USN (nm)
CONNER, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
COOK, Joseph, F2c, USN (nm)
COOPER, Lloyd, RM3c, USN (nm)
COPELAND, James, GM3c, USN (nm)
CORSBERG, Howard, Pfc, USMC (nm)
CRAVENS, John, ChMach, USN (nm)
CREED, Joe, EM2c, USN (nm)
CREPPS, Harry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CRIPPEN, Marshall, Cox, USN (nm)
CUMMING, George, ACMM, USN (nm)
CURNUTTE, Marion, MM2c, USN (nm)
CZYZEWSKI, Charles, Prtr1c, USN (nm)
DAGGETT, Harley, FC3c, USN (nm)
DALE, Peter, RM1c, USN (nm)
DALEY, Robert, GM3c, USN (nm)
DALTON, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DARLING, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DARTER, James, Ens, USN (nm)
DAVIDSON, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DAVIS, Stephen, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DAVIS, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DEBORD, Mark, Mus2c, USN (nm)
DEFRATES, Emmanuel, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DESHIELDS, William, QM1c, USN (nm)
DETHLOFF, Frank, WT2c, USN (nm)
DEWALD, William, ACMM, USN (nm)
DICKIE, James, Ptr2c, USN (nm)
DIETRICH, Normand, MM2c, USN (nm)
DIETZ, Edward, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DILLON, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DITTOE, Thomas, Sea2c, USN (nm)
DOBKINS, Mack, MM2c, USN (nm)
DODDS, Lewis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DOMBROWSKI, Edwin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DORRELL, Tony, MM1c, USN (nm)
DOTSON, Robert, MM3c, USN (nm)
DOTY, Carl, WT1c, USN (nm)
DOWELL, Thomas, Cox, USN (nm)
DOWLING, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DRAGO, Donald, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DRAKE, Maryle, RM2c, USN (nm)
DUCEY, Ting, Matt1c, USN (nm)
DUMAS, Roy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DURLER, Ogden, CMM, USN (nm)
DUTTON, Archibald, CBM, USN (nm)
DYKES, Birdine, FC3c, USN (nm)
EBAUGH, Elmer, Sea2c, USN (nm)
EDGE, John, MM3c, USN (nm)
EGRI, George, SC2c, USN (nm)
EIDEN, Herman, MM3c, USN (nm)
EKBERG, Oscar, MM1c, USN (nm)
ELLIOTT, Leslie, Cox, USN (nm)
ELLIOTT, Clarence, CFC, USN (nm)
ELMS, Leo, RM3c, USN (nm)
EMMERTH, William, Cox, USN (nm)
ENGLISH, Henry, BM2c, USN (nm)
ERMIS, Robert, CSK, USN (nm)
EUGATES, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
EUSTACE, Milton, MM2c, USN (nm)
FARNSWORTH, Franklin, AMM3c, USN (nm)
FAUST, Ervin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FEIGLE, Lawrence, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FELICE, Olindo, WT1c, USN (nm)
FINCHER, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FLOWERS, Homer, WT1c, USN (nm)
FONTENOT, Walter, F1c, USN (nm)
FOOK, Lau, Matt1c, USN (nm)
FORNKAHL, Raymond, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FRANTZ, Harlan, SK3c, USN (nm)
FREEMAN, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FRITZSCHING, Richard, Pfc, USMC (nm)
FROELICH, Raymond, BM2c, USN (nm)
FROST, Wilson, Cox, USN (nm)
FUSSELL, Donald, MM2c, USN (nm)
FUSSELL, Jack, F3c, USN (nm)
GAGNON, Gilbert, SK3c, USN (nm)
GALUSHA, Eugene, HA1c, USN (nm)
GARRETT, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
GARY, James, CFC, USN (nm)
GENTRY, Stacy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GEORGE, Marion, Pfc, USMC (nm)
GERKE, Arthur, HA2c, USN (nm)
GIBBON, Leland, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GIBSON, James, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GILLET, Frank, Ens, USN (nm)
GILMORE, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GINGRAS, Richard, Cdr, USN (nm)
GIRET, Andrew, FC1c, USN (nm)
GRAHAM, Joe, F1c, USN (nm)
GRAHAM, Joyner, BM2c, USN (nm)
GRANGER, Charles, MM3c, USN (nm)
GRASHAM, Stanley, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GRAY, James, Pvt, USMC (nm)
GRIFFIN, Everette, CPhM, USN (nm)
GRODZKI, Henry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GUERNSEY, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GUGLIETTI, Albert, GM2c, USN (nm)
GUYER, Floyd, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GYUGO, Paul, WT2c, USN (nm)
HALL, Meredith, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HALL, Raymond, HA2c, USN (nm)
HANKINSON, Delry, CCS, USN (nm)
HARDER, Jack, WT1c, USN (nm)
HARGRAVE, Dunice, Pfc, USMC (nm)
HAROLD, William, CM3c, USN (nm)
HARPER, David, Pvt, USMC (nm)
HARRELL, Dero, Pfc, USMC (nm)
HARRINGTON, Preston, QM3c, USN (nm)
HASKELL, William, SC3c, USN (nm)
HAWKINS, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HAYES, Gilbert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HAZEN, Glenn, Pvt, USMC (nm)
HEBERT, Melvin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HENLEY, Doyle, SF3c, USN (nm)
HIDDENGA, Bouwe, CWT, USN (nm)
HIGHFILL, Benzil, Cox, USN (nm)
HILL, Willis, F1c, USN (nm)
HILL, Clyde, MM2c, USN (nm)
HINMAN, Earl, Cox, USN (nm)
HIRSCH, Harry, MM3c, USN (nm)
HIRSCH, Adolph, WT1c, USN (nm)
HO, Chuan, Matt1c, USN (nm)
HOGAN, James, Gunner, USN (nm)
HOGUE, John, WT2c, USN (nm)
HOLLINGSWORTH, Leonard, WT2c, USN (nm)
HOLLOWELL, John, Cdr, USN (nm)
HOLM, Herbert, MM3c, USN (nm)
HOLMES, Jason, WT2c, USN (nm)
HOOFER, Edwin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HOOPER, Lloyd, AMM2c, USN (nm)
HOSTICK, Ellis, GM3c, USN (nm)
HOUSTON, Dwight, GM2c, USN (nm)
HOUT, Melville, MM3c, USN (nm)
HOWARD, Fred, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HUBBARD, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HULT, Sydney, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HUMBLE, Ray, Pfc, USMC (nm)
HUNTER, Lowell, CPhM, USN (nm)
HURRELL, Leslie, AM2c, USN (nm)
HUSEK, George, M2c, USN (nm)
HYSER, Wayne, Sea1c, USN (nm)
INAN, Charles, F1c, USN (nm)
ISAACS, Edwin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
IVEY, Jack, Sea2c, USN (nm)
IWAMICKI, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
IWAMICKI, Stanley, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JACKSON, Edward, B1c, USN (nm)
JACOBS, Paul, MM1c, USN (nm)
JELLISON, Norman, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JOHNK, Merle, AMM3c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Elmer, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Douglas, SK3c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, James, F1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Norman, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JONES, Morris, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JONES, William, FC2c, USN (nm)
JONTZ, Jay, Mus2c, USN (nm)
KADLEC, Joseph, Pvt, USMC (nm)
KAISER, Bernard, Y2c, USN (nm)
KAMLER, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KANE, Charles, CSK, USN (nm)
KARBOWSKI, Adelbert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KAUTTER, Charles, EM2c, USN (nm)
KEEN, Owen, F1c, USN (nm)
KEIFER, Karl, Pvt, USMC (nm)
KEITH, Farrel, LCdr, USN (nm)
KELLEY, Floyd, PhM3c, USN (nm)
KENDRICK, Arlando, Pfc, USMC (nm)
KEYNO, John, StM1c, USN (nm)
KIELTY, Martin, SC1c, USN (nm)
KIERTIANIS, Stephen, MM1c, USN (nm)
KING, John, CMM, USN (nm)
KIRINCICH, Joseph, F2c, USN (nm)
KIRKPATRICK, William, SC3c, USN (nm)
KLYMASZEWSKI, Raymond, SC2c, USN (nm)
KNOWLTON, James, GM3c, USN (nm)
KOEPKEY, Fred, MM2c, USN (nm)
KOHL, William, GM3c, USN (nm)
KOHN, Frank, PhM1c, USN (nm)
KOLLER, John, Mus2c, USN (nm)
KOO, Ah, Matt3c, USN (nm)
KOO, Yen, Ck3c, USN (nm)
KORMOS, John, F1c, USN (nm)
KOSKI, George, RM3c, USN (nm)
KULIBERT, Ira, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KVACH, Clarence, RM3c, USN (nm)
KYLE, Grady, MM1c, USN (nm)
LACHMAN, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
LAFFERTY, John, PayClk, USMCZ (nm)
LAIRD, Jay, SC3c, USN (nm)
LAM, Ah, Matt2c, USN (nm)
LAMM, Frederick, EM2c, USN (nm)
LANIGAN, Arthur, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LANN, Carl, CBM, USN (nm)
LANTZ, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LATTIN, Claude, RM2c, USN (nm)
LAYNE, Guthrie, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEDBETTER, Arthur, Pfc, USMC (nm)
LEE, Jack, FM1c, USMC (nm)
LEE, Roy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEE, Walter, AeroM1c, USN (nm)
LEO, Nicholas, CEM, USN (nm)
LEVCHENKO, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEWDANSKI, Joseph, WT2c, USN (nm)
LEWIS, Jesse, Y2c, USN (nm)
LEWIS, Donald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
LIEBLA, Sylvan, EM1c, USN (nm)
LIEN, Ziang, Matt2c, USN (nm)
LINDSTROM, Jonas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LINNSTAEDTER, Ben, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LOCHNER, Francis, GM3c, USN (nm)
LOFLAND, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
LUNA, Jose, Mus1c, USN (nm)
LUTES, Eugene, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LYNCH, Charles, GM2c, USN (nm)
LYONS, Harold, Ens, USN (nm)
MACDONALD, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MACUMBER, Frank, CY, USN (nm)
MAINEY, Lawrence, Ens, USN (nm)
MAKRIS, Peter, MM3c, USN (nm)
MALONE, Aubrey, Pfc, USMC (nm)
MAMER, George, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MARSH, Leroy, BM2c, USN (nm)
MARSH, Walter, Pvt, USMC (nm)
MARTIN, Andrew, SK3c, USN (nm)
MARTIN, James, Cox, USN (nm)
MARTIN, Virgle, MM2c, USN (nm)
MARTIN, Pete, WT2c, USN (nm)
MARTINEZ, Alfred, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MARTON, Bela, BM2c, USN (nm)
MARVEL, Thomas, CMM, USN (nm)
MASSEY, Allen, Cox, USN (nm)
MAY, Milton, FC3c, USN (nm)
MAYO, Caswell, Ens, USN (nm)
MCCARTY, Orville, CWT, USN (nm)
MCCLASKEY, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MCDONALD, Paul, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MCFARLANE, Thomas, PhM2c, USN (nm)
MCFEE, Eugene, MM3c, USN (nm)
MCGEHEE, Lesley, EM2c, USN (nm)
MCKENZIE, Cletius, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCMULLIN, Mark, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MCNEALY, Jack, MM1c, USN (nm)
MEREDITH, Earl, ACk, USMC (nm)
MESNER, Lawrence, Sea1c, USN (nm)
METZGER, Alvin, MM2c, USN (nm)
MIETH, William, MM3c, USN (nm)
MILGEL, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MILLER, William, Pfc, USMC (nm)
MILLER, Homer, Pfc, USMC (nm)
MILLER, James, Pfc, USMC (nm)
MILLER, Carl, CGM, USN (nm)
MILLER, William, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MILLER, Franz, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MILLS, Fredrick, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MILLS, Sylvester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MOGA, Rome, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MONTGOMERY, Edward, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MOON, Carl, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MOORE, Howard, MM2c, USN (nm)
MORRIS, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MOUNT, Cecil, WT2c, USN (nm)
MULLINS, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MURFF, Andrew, WT2c, USN (nm)
MYERS, Sidney, Mus1c, USN (nm)
NEBEL, Alma, Cpl, USMC (nm)
NELSON, James, F1c, USN (nm)
NELSON, Kenneth, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NETHKEN, Alva, Ens, USN (nm)
NEWTON, Willard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NEWTON, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NICKELSON, Raymond, MM2c, USN (nm)
NICOLAO, Anthony, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NISWONGER, Duel, Cpl, USMC (nm)
NORTHCUTT, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NORVEL, Richard, Sea2c, USN (nm)
NOVICKI, Stanley, MM1c, USN (nm)
NOWAK, Edward, Mus2c, USN (nm)
NUNNELLEY, Robert, MM1c, USN (nm)
OHAVRE, Eddie, RM3c, USN (nm)
ONEAL, Joe, CSF, USN (nm)
OVERTURF, James, EM1c, USN (nm)
OWEN, Gerald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
OWENS, William, SM2c, USN (nm)
OXFORD, Ernest, WT2c, USN (nm)
PANGANIBAN, Eliberto, Mus1c, USN (nm)
PARSONS, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PATAYE, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
PATTEN, Kenneth, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PATTY, John, Lt, USN (nm)
PAUTSCH, Philip, WT2c, USN (nm)
PECENA, Thomas, RM3c, USN (nm)
PERKINS, Jesse, BM2c, USN (nm)
PERRY, Earl, Sea2c, USN (nm)
PETERS, Charles, FC1c, USN (nm)
PHILLIPS, David, Sea2c, USN (nm)
PIERCE, Arthur, MM1c, USN (nm)
PINKERMAN, William, CWT, USN (nm)
PITTMAN, Clyde, RM2c, USN (nm)
PLUDE, Leo, Sea2c, USN (nm)
POLK, Farest, WT1c, USN (nm)
POOL, Wilbur, CMM, USN (nm)
PRATICO, Louis, EM3c, USN (nm)
PRENTICE, Jack, Cox, USN (nm)
PRESCHER, Harold, EM1c, USN (nm)
PRINCE, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PROUTY, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PURCELL, Mack, M1c, USN (nm)
QUIGLEY, Raymond, MM3c, USN (nm)
RACINE, John, GM2c, USN (nm)
RAINS, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
RAMSEY, Frederic, Capt, USMC (nm)
RAYMANN, James, MM3c, USN (nm)
READ, Herman, Sea1c, USN (nm)
REBURN, Paul, EM2c, USN (nm)
REED, Reuben, Sgt, USMC (nm)
REED, Norman, MM3c, USN (nm)
REHFELD, Lester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
REIDER, John, MM2c, USN (nm)
REISINGER, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RENTZ, George, Cdr, USN (nm)
REVES, Elbert, RM3c, USN (nm)
RHODES, William, CTC, USN (nm)
ROACH, George, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ROACH, Harold, BM2c, USN (nm)
ROBE, Walter, WT1c, USN (nm)
ROBERSON, Norman, F1c, USN (nm)
ROBERTS, David, Cdr, USN (nm)
ROBERTSON, Robert, MM3c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, John, F1c, USN (nm)
RODGERS, Louis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROGERS, Floyd, SK2c, USN (nm)
ROHRBAUGH, Mansfield, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROLAND, Lyle, M2c, USN (nm)
ROLF, Albert, SF3c, USN (nm)
ROOKS, Albert, Capt, USN (nm)
ROWAN, Raymond, F1c, USN (nm)
RUDDY, James, MM3c, USN (nm)
SADOWSKI, Henry, EM2c, USN (nm)
SALLIS, James, SM1c, USN (nm)
SANDERCOOK, Theodore, BM1c, USN (nm)
SANDERS, Roy, CMM, USN (nm)
SANDO, George, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SASS, Chester, FC3c, USN (nm)
SAUNDERS, Robert, GM2c, USN (nm)
SAWYER, Richard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCHANTZ, Dale, RM3c, USN (nm)
SCHLOSSER, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCHMITT, Milton, Pvt, USMC (nm)
SCHNITZIUS, Woodrow, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SCHRODER, John, MM1c, USN (nm)
SCHUFFENHAUER, Louis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCHWAMLE, Theodore, SF2c, USN (nm)
SCHWERS, Julius, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCOTT, DeWitt, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SEATON, Leslie, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SELLERS, Lewis, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SHAW, Herbert, CM1c, USN (nm)
SHEFFIELD, LeRoy, MM2c, USN (nm)
SHEMANSKI, Sylvester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SHILLINGS, George, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SHIPPY, Clair, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SHIREMAN, Raymond, MM1c, USN (nm)
SHORT, Chester, WT2c, USN (nm)
SHUMAKER, Clarence, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SILER, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SITTON, Troy, MM3c, USN (nm)
SKINNER, Alfred, BM2c, USN (nm)
SKUDLAS, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SLOCUM, Jim, Pfc, USMC (nm)
SMITH, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Walton, MM2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Timothy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Sidney, LCdr, USN (nm)
SMITH, Sammie, SK2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Carl, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Andrew, MM1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, George, AMM2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Gordon, FC1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Joseph, PhM1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Loren, MM3c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Horace, FC3c, USN (nm)
SODEN, William, SC2c, USN (nm)
SOLLBERGER, Roland, GM1c, USN (nm)
SORENSEN, Edwin, EM2c, USN (nm)
SOY, Ah, Ck3c, USN (nm)
SPENCER, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SPILLMAN, Andrew, GM3c, USN (nm)
SPRAGLE, Glenn, GM2c, USN (nm)
SPRAGUE, Robert, CMM, USN (nm)
SPRAYBERRY, James, SC3c, USN (nm)
STAFFORD, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STAHL, James, EM2c, USN (nm)
STARK, John, RM2c, USN (nm)
STEVENS, William, EM2c, USN (nm)
STEVENSON, Harold, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STEWART, Glenn, Ens, USN (nm)
STOKER, Floyd, EM2c, USN (nm)
STORIE, Luther, CMM, USN (nm)
STOWER, Donald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STREET, Raymond, CY, USN (nm)
STURGILL, Ollie, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SWEARINGEN, Lonnie, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SZARKE, Andrew, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SZYMALA, Victor, MM2c, USN (nm)
TAI, Chi, Ck3c, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, Cecil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
THAXTON, William, MM3c, USN (nm)
THOMPSON, Robert, ActPayClk, USMC (nm)
THOMPSON, Eldro, Sea1c, USN (nm)
TISDALE, William, Bkr1c, USN (nm)
TREANOR, Halloran, WT1c, USN (nm)
TSAO, Ducey, Ck2c, USN (nm)
TSIANG, Packsen, Matt2c, USN (nm)
TSONG, Ho, Matt2c, USN (nm)
TUNG, Ven, Matt2c, USN (nm)
TURMAN, Russell, Y3c, USN (nm)
TUTAS, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
TYE, Liu, OStd2c, USN (nm)
TYRE, Arlie, F1c, USN (nm)
UDITSKY, Samuel, WT1c, USN (nm)
UKENA, Jewel, SK3c, USN (nm)
USTASZEWSKI, Sigmund, PhM2c, USN (nm)
VALLIERE, Harry, SM3c, USN (nm)
VANCIL, Kenneth, Sea2c, USN (nm)
VANDENBERG, Suverns, GM2c, USN (nm)
VANDERAUWERA, Robert, FC3c, USN (nm)
VANSLYKE, Richard, MM2c, USN (nm)
VANTILBURG, Frank, Sea1c, USN (nm)
VAUGHAN, Houston, FMusSgt, USMC (nm)
VAUGHAN, James, F1c, USN (nm)
VERLEY, Ralph, EM3c, USN (nm)
VERZWYVELT, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
VILLERS, Donald, Mus3c, USN (nm)
VILLWOCK, Harvey, EM3c, USN (nm)
VIRCHOW, Harry, GM3c, USN (nm)
WAI, Yau, Matt1c, USN (nm)
WAITE, Walter, Elec, USN (nm)
WALCHUK, John, GM3c, USN (nm)
WALDSCHMIDT, Albert, MM1c, USN (nm)
WALLACE, John, Cox, USN (nm)
WALLEN, Richard, Pvt, USMC (nm)
WALLING, Nelson, MM3c, USN (nm)
WARD, Willard, SF1c, USN (nm)
WARNER, John, Mus2c, USN (nm)
WATKINS, Charles, MM2c, USN (nm)
WATT, James, F2c, USN (nm)
WEAVER, Ben, GM1c, USN (nm)
WEAVER, Charles, EM2c, USN (nm)
WEAVER, David, CMM, USN (nm)
WEBER, Emery, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WEIMER, Albert, SK2c, USN (nm)
WELLBOURN, Arthur, BM1c, USN (nm)
WELLER, Maurice, CCM, USN (nm)
WENHOLZ, Roy, MM2c, USN (nm)
WERNER, Paul, GM3c, USN (nm)
WESTERFELD, Donovan, EM1c, USN (nm)
WEYGANT, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WEYL, Joe, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WHEELER, Larkin, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Warren, MM2c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Glen, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WHITEHEAD, Wallace, SK2c, USN (nm)
WHITNEY, Gaylord, CM2c, USN (nm)
WIENERT, Ralph, CEM, USN (nm)
WILEMON, Roy, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WILEY, George, MM1c, USN (nm)
WILLENBERG, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Earnest, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Arlie, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Alfred, CTC, USN (nm)
WILSON, Phillip, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILSON, Oscar, CRM, USN (nm)
WILSON, Stuart, HA1c, USN (nm)
WILSON, Wayne, RM1c, USN (nm)
WILSON, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WISE, Ray, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WOLF, Adrian, MM3c, USN (nm)
WOLF, Frank, GM2c, USN (nm)
WOLFE, Glendon, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WOLTANSKI, Chester, F1c, USN (nm)
WONG, Far, Matt1c, USN (nm)
WOOD, Sam, CWT, USN (nm)
WOODRUFF, John, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
WOOTEN, Melvin, Sea1c, USN (nm)
YANNUCCI, Chester, Mus2c, USN (nm)
ZAZZARA, James, SK3c, USN (nm)
ZELLER, William, Cox, USN (nm)
ZIMMERMAN, Leonard, Sea2c, USN (nm)

gggHMAS PERTH - casualty list


Sunday, March 1, 1942
 
EDSALL DD-219, destroyer, after rescuing survivors from USS Langley AV-3 and proceeding to Tjilatjap on south coast of Java, sunk by Japanese battleships Hiei and Kirishima; 153 men in USNM log
ADOLFI, Jack, SC3c, USN (nm)
AMORY, Sidney, F1c, USN (nm)
ANDERSON, Clarence, SM3c, USN (nm)
ANDRUS, Horace, M1c, USN (nm)
BALITE, Gregorio, Std3c, USN (nm)
BAUMGARTEN, Howard, TM3c, USN (nm)
BERGER, Leslie, WT2c, USN (nm)
BONDS, Woodrow, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BORREGO, Peter, WT1c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Howard, EM2c, USN (nm)
BURGOYNE, John, Cox, USN (nm)
BUTLER, Charles, Lt, USN (nm)
CALPO, Feliciano, CBM, USN (nm)
CAMERON, J., MM2c, USN (nm)
CANTRALL, Guy, CMM, USN (nm)
CARRARA, Malcolm, SC1c, USN (nm)
CASEY, Virgil, MM3c, USN (nm)
CASSADY, Sam, RM3c, USN (nm)
CHRISTOPHER, Robert, SC1c, USN (nm)
CLEMENS, Lyman, Sea2c, USN (nm)
COOK, Howard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CROSLEY, Verlin, WT2c, USN (nm)
DELL, Russell, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
DONALDSON, Donald, MM3c, USN (nm)
DUFF, Elmore, Cox, USN (nm)
FAIRBANKS, John, Lt, USN (nm)
FAULKNER, Willard, Y3c, USN (nm)
FLOYD, Joseph, SF1c, USN (nm)
FOSTER, Clarence, MM2c, USN (nm)
GIESE, Arthur, CY, USN (nm)
GILMAN, Wallace, RM2c, USN (nm)
GILMORE, Morris, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
GUSTIN, John, Ens, USN (nm)
HALVERSON, Elmer, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HANDY, David, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HARTPENCE, Earl, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HASKINS, Cecil, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HAYES, Carl, SM3c, USN (nm)
HEGERFELDT, Paul, RM1c, USN (nm)
HEINTZ, Jack, MM3c, USN (nm)
HIMMELMANN, Leroy, TM2c, USN (nm)
HIMMELMANN, Otto, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HUNTLEY, William, Sea2c, USN (nm)
JACKSON, John, BM2c, USN (nm)
JENNINGS, Lynn, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JONES, Thomas, GM1c, USN (nm)
JONES, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JONES, Kenneth, RM2c, USN (nm)
KEENEY, Leon, MM2c, USN (nm)
KNOWLES, Walter, F1c, USN (nm)
KORSAK, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KRAISSER, Michael, FC3c, USN (nm)
KUNOLD, Richard, CEM, USN (nm)
LATHAM, Raymond, GM2c, USN (nm)
LOCKHART, Ray, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LOPEZ, Pedro, Std1c, USN (nm)
LOYD, Denver, WT2c, USN (nm)
LYONS, Alfred, GM3c, USN (nm)
MANN, Harry, TM1c, USN (nm)
MARTIN, Jack, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MATHIS, Claud, F1c, USN (nm)
MAULDIN, Woodrow, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MAYNARD, James, MM1c, USN (nm)
MCCLAIN, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCGEE, James, QM2c, USN (nm)
MCKENZIE, Norman, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MEYERS, Richard, Lt, USN (nm)
MILES, Rodney, TM3c, USN (nm)
MILLS, Keith, SC3c, USN (nm)
MITTENHOLZER, William, Y2c, USN (nm)
MOBERLEY, James, Wt2c, USN (nm)
MOHN, Ralph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MOLEN, Robert, F1c, USN (nm)
MOORE, Clayton, MM2c, USN (nm)
MORTON, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MUIR, Linwood, QM1c, USN (nm)
MYERS, Loren, Sea2c, USN (nm)
NIX, Joshua, Lt, USN (nm)
NOE, Jack, F1c, USN (nm)
NORVELLIS, Albert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
OED, John, MM2c, USN (nm)
OLSEN, James, MM3c, USN (nm)
OLSON, Errett, MM3c, USN (nm)
OLSON, Oscar, B1c, USN (nm)
ONEAL, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ONEAL, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ONEIL, James, MM1c, USN (nm)
PARKER, Louis, CBM, USN (nm)
PARKS, Harold, CMM, USN (nm)
PARSONS, Loys, Sea2c, USN (nm)
PAUL, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PICKHARDT, Thomas, GM3c, USN (nm)
PIERCE, Edward, BM1c, USN (nm)
POFFENBERGER, John, F2c, USN (nm)
POOL, Virgil, MM3c, USN (nm)
PROUTY, Walter, CTM, USN (nm)
RAGAN, Donald, TM2c, USN (nm)
RANEY, Doc, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RAWERS, Paul, F1c, USN (nm)
RICE, Harold, RM3c, USN (nm)
RIGGIO, Filippo, SM1c, USN (nm)
ROOT, Lee, FC1c, USN (nm)
ROSALES, Sebas, Ck1c, USN (nm)
ROSSI, Daniel, F1c, USN (nm)
ROWLAND, Ralph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SANARES, Ruperto, Ck2c, USN (nm)
SANDERSON, George, CQM, USN (nm)
SARACINA, Joseph, B2c, USN (nm)
SCHMITT, Erwin, CPhM, USN (nm)
SHELTON, Girard, CGM, USN (nm)
SLEGT, William, MM2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Elton, CWT, USN (nm)
SMITH, Charlie, CCS, USN (nm)
SNAPP, Edward, BM1c, USN (nm)
SNODGRASS, Ray, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
SNOW, Irvine, SF2c, USN (nm)
STECKENRIDER, Arnold, CM1c, USN (nm)
STEEN, Ellwood, CMM, USN (nm)
STEWART, William, TM1c, USN (nm)
STONECIPHER, Vernon, SK3c, USN (nm)
STOVER, Lloyd, EM3c, USN (nm)
TATE, John, F1c, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, John, WT1c, USN (nm)
THAW, Henry, EM1c, USN (nm)
TSENDEAS, Elias, F1c, USN (nm)
VANDIVER, Larry, MM3c, USN (nm)
VANVOORHIS, Merrel, F1c, USN (nm)
VAUGHN, Noah, MM1c, USN (nm)
VAUGHN, Charles, MM2c, USN (nm)
VENTURA, Hilarion, Ck1c, USN (nm)
WALTRIP, Dennis, F2c, USN (nm)
WATTERS, Donald, F1c, USN (nm)
WEBBER, Arthur, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WEED, Arthur, MM1c, USN (nm)
WELCH, Roscoe, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WEST, Steve, TM2c, USN (nm)
WESTWOOD, Dale, RM2c, USN (nm)
WHIPPLE, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WHITE, Robert, SK3c, USN (nm)
WHITFORD, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILD, Phillip, Lt, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Robert, QM3c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, John, F1c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Harold, MM2c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMSON, Waldo, QM3c, USN (nm)
WILSON, Allen, MM2c, USN (nm)
WILSON, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WILSON, Noah, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WORLEY, Randolph, TM3c, USN (nm)
WREN, Howard, F1c, USN (nm)
YANCEY, Everett, F2c, USN (nm)
YORK, Clyde, TM3c, USN (nm)


 
Sunday, March 1, 1942
 
PILLSBURY DD-227, destroyer, sunk with gunboat USS Asheville, by Japanese battle force in Bali Straits, 185 men in USNM log
ADERS, Frederick, SC3c, USN (nm)
AQUINO, Anthony, CY, USN (nm)
ARNOLD, Max, EM3c, USN (nm)
ARQUILLA, Andres, Std3c, USN (nm)
ATKINSON, Carl, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BAKER, Lester, TM1c, USN (nm)
BARKER, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BARLOW, Joseph, MM3c, USN (nm)
BARNHILL, Elmon, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BARRETT, Branson, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BARTOSZEWICZ, Richard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BELK, Raymond, MM3c, USN (nm)
BELK, William, WT1c, USN (nm)
BERG, Alfred, MM2c, USN (nm)
BERRY, Frank, TM1c, USN (nm)
BETTINGER, David, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BIGGERSTAFF, Hugh, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BISHOP, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
BOEGER, Maurice, WT2c, USN (nm)
BOOKOUT, Alton, Lt, USN (nm)
BORIS, Alphonse, MM1c, USN (nm)
BOROWICZ, John, CEM, USN (nm)
BOUCHER, Arsen, MM2c, USN (nm)
BRANDT, Rudolph, Cox, USN (nm)
BRENNAN, John, MM1c, USN (nm)
BRICKLEY, Roy, MM3c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Douglas, RM3c, USN (nm)
BRUBAKER, Joseph, Y2c, USN (nm)
CAMPBELL, Robert, F2c, USN (nm)
CHONG, Chang, StM1c, USN (nm)
CHRISTIE, Burnard, CSM, USN (nm)
COTTEN, Gerod, MM2c, USN (nm)
CRAIG, Russell, F1c, USN (nm)
CULPEPPER, John, QM1c, USN (nm)
DAVIS, Harvey, SM3c, USN (nm)
DIETRICH, Bloomfield, MM3c, USN (nm)
DRAKE, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
DROY, Peter, CBM, USN (nm)
DUNN, Wallace, MM3c, USN (nm)
DUNN, Clarence, Sea2c, USN (nm)
DUPLICHAIN, Eldridge, MM2c, USN (nm)
DURFEE, Edgar, F1c, USN (nm)
ECHALUCE, Florencio, Std2c, USN (nm)
EDMONDS, Phillip, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ELLIOTT, Alton, CCS, USN (nm)
ELLIS, William, MM1c, USN (nm)
EVANS, Arnold, F2c, USN (nm)
FAIRBANKS, Carl, F1c, USN (nm)
FARNSWORTH, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FARQUHAR, Warren, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FERRERO, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FETKO, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
FISCHER, Ernest, CBM, USN (nm)
FISCHER, Howard, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
FISHER, George, MM3c, USN (nm)
FLEMING, Donald, F2c, USN (nm)
FLORES, Pedro, Ck1c, USN (nm)
FLYNN, Carl, WT2c, USN (nm)
FRAZIER, Warren, F1c, USN (nm)
FRONKIEUCYZ, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FULTON, Charles, F2c, USN (nm)
GALLAGHER, William, RM3c, USN (nm)
GANDIA, Edmundo, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
GAYLOR, Welch, TM2c, USN (nm)
GERMANY, Robert, LCdr, USN (nm)
GIESEN, Frank, CTM, USN (nm)
GILBRECH, Earl, EM2c, USN (nm)
GLASSETT, Francis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GRINSTEAD, Ray, F1c, USN (nm)
GUARINO, Alfred, RM3c, USN (nm)
GUND, Paul, MM3c, USN (nm)
HAGEN, Victor, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HALE, Robert, F2c, USN (nm)
HALL, Billy, F2c, USN (nm)
HARPER, Paul, MM3c, USN (nm)
HARPER, James, GM1c, USN (nm)
HARRIS, Lester, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HART, William, WT2c, USN (nm)
HARTENBERGER, Ramon, BM2c, USN (nm)
HATFIELD, Clark, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HAUSMAN, Quinton, TM3c, USN (nm)
HAZEN, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HELMS, Eugene, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HENDERSON, Howard, CM3c, USN (nm)
HIATT, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HILGER, Ted, LCdr, USN (nm)
HILLIARD, Robert, SM2c, USN (nm)
HOLLINGSWORTH, John, F1c, USN (nm)
JEROME, Samuel, TM2c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Totsie, EM3c, USN (nm)
JONES, Ernest, MM1c, USN (nm)
KEERAN, Richard, PhM1c, USN (nm)
KILLGORE, Raleigh, TM2c, USN (nm)
KING, Donald, M1c, USN (nm)
KIRK, Robert, CMM, USN (nm)
KLEIN, Ralph, Y3c, USN (nm)
KRAMER, Michailis, MM2c, USN (nm)
LANG, Richard, CMM, USN (nm)
LAURIDSEN, Wilbur, RM3c, USN (nm)
LEE, Wilson, MM1c, USN (nm)
LENZ, Paul, MM1c, USN (nm)
LILLEY, Paul, MM1c, USN (nm)
LUSSIER, Alfred, BM1c, USN (nm)
MANION, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MARETTE, Ernest, SM2c, USN (nm)
MARSHALL, Robert, TM3c, USN (nm)
MCCASLIN, Truman, B1c, USN (nm)
MENICHETTI, August, RM2c, USN (nm)
MITCHELL, Paul, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MORRA, Mario, F1c, USN (nm)
MORROW, Sam, SK1c, USN (nm)
MOVILLA, Baltazar, Ck3c, USN (nm)
MULDOWNEY, Frank, QM2c, USN (nm)
NICHOLL, Joseph, WT2c, USN (nm)
NOE, James, F3c, USN (nm)
NORRIS, Charles, MM3c, USN (nm)
ODLE, Charles, Sea2c, USN (nm)
OLSON, Avon, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ONEIL, Bernard, Y3c, USN (nm)
ORMILLA, Emiliano, Std3c, USN (nm)
OVERCASH, Jack, Sea1c, USN (nm)
OZMENT, Andrew, CGM, USN (nm)
PARFITT, Francis, RM2c, USN (nm)
PARKER, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PARSONS, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PEPPERS, Cheston, SC3c, USN (nm)
PHELPS, Raymond, BM2c, USN (nm)
POUND, Harold, LCdr, USN (nm)
PRATT, Lyman, F1c, USN (nm)
RAYNER, John, QM3c, USN (nm)
REEVES, Arthur, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RHODES, Lyon, B2c, USN (nm)
RICE, Vernon, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RILEY, John, Ens, USN (nm)
RISNER, Clifford, EM1c, USN (nm)
ROE, John, Sea2c, USN (nm)
ROSS, Robert, SM3c, USN (nm)
SALYER, Harry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SANGER, Harold, SC1c, USN (nm)
SAUTER, Joseph, RM2c, USN (nm)
SHARP, John, TM1c, USN (nm)
SIMS, Norman, SC2c, USN (nm)
SKILLEN, Donald, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Marcus, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SNAPP, William, SM3c, USN (nm)
SOLOMON, Bertram, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SORENSEN, James, SC3c, USN (nm)
SOWARD, Frank, MM3c, USN (nm)
STEPHENS, George, F2c, USN (nm)
STERLING, Cleo, MM2c, USN (nm)
STONER, Lowell, SM1c, USN (nm)
STOWELL, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STUMPFF, Darrold, GM2c, USN (nm)
SULKIS, Leonard, Ens, USN (nm)
TANIEGA, Ramon, OC2c, USN (nm)
TANNER, Winfred, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, James, Cox, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, Hugh, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TERRY, Huse, MM2c, USN (nm)
THOMPSON, Lyle, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TOWNLEY, Walter, SK3c, USN (nm)
TOWNSEND, Lawrence, SF1c, USN (nm)
TSO, Siu, StM1c, USN (nm)
TUCKER, Clarence, CM3c, USN (nm)
TUNIS, Glenn, GM3c, USN (nm)
VERANO, Lorenzo, Ck3c, USN (nm)
VILLARI, Andrew, Sea1c, USN (nm)
VITELLI, Louis, SF3c, USN (nm)
VORPAHL, Arthur, Lt, USN (nm)
WALKER, Perry, CRM, USN (nm)
WELCH, Bradford, SM2c, USN (nm)
WETSEL, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WHITEFORD, Jack, SM3c, USN (nm)
WILES, Robert, MM3c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Fred, MM2c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, John, CM3c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Paris, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WILMOTH, Johnnie, FC2c, USN (nm)
WINBURN, Paul, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WINCE, Dwyce, MM2c, USN (nm)
WISE, Howard, F1c, USN (nm)
WISE, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WOOD, Harry, MM1c, USN (nm)
WOOD, John, CMM, USN (nm)
ZEILER, Jerry, TM2c, USN (nm)


 



Sunday, March 1, 1942
 
PECOS AO-6, oiler (nm)
 Sunday, March 1, 1942
Air Attack Near Christmas Island
In early 1942, Pecos headed for Surabaja, Java where she fueled Allied ships. Departing after a Japanese air raid had made that base untenable, Tjilatjap then became the oiler's base. Underway in late February en route to India she rendezvoused with Whipple and Edsall to take Langley survivors when enemy land based planes attacked the three ships. After fighting off the raiders, the US ships steamed south out of range and completed the transfer 1 March. ... Japanese aircraft from carrier Soryu attacked Pecos andstruck again an hour later. Finally at midafternoon, a third strike sent theveteran oiler to the bottom. Whipple raced to the scene and rescued 232 survivors. Pecos suffered 172 fatalities during the attack
NSB94203014.jpg
Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 171
ACOSTA, Genaro, StM1c, USN (nm)
AFLAGUE, Inocencio, StM1c, USN (nm)
BARNES, Otis, SK3c, USN (nm)
BARNHART, Othar, Cox, USN (nm)
BATCHELDOR, William, F1c, USN (nm)
BAUMKER, Robert, Bos'n, USN (nm)
BEALL, Bentone, MM2c, USN (nm)
BELKNAP, Gordon, WT2c, USN (nm)
BENTON, Theron, CBM, USN (nm)
BERRY, Harley, QM1c, USN (nm)
BLYTON, Otto, Cox, USN (nm)
BRIDGES, James, MM2c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Frank, CWT, USN (nm)
BRYANT, Clyde, MM1c, USN (nm)
BUCHANAN, Henry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CAMPBELL, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CARPIO, Federico, Ck1c, USN (nm)
CARRIER, Raymond, Y1c, USN (nm)
CHARBONEAU, Paul, Sea2c, USN (nm)
CLINE, Gilbert, Y3c, USN (nm)
COLLINS, Vernon, EM3c, USN (nm)
COMLEY, Sydney, MM2c, USN (nm)
COMPTON, Hubert, F2c, USN (nm)
COON, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
CRAWFORD, Lawrence, Y3c, USN (nm)
CRIDER, Forrest, Cox, USN (nm)
CROTTY, William, Ens, USN (nm)
CZADO, Louis, Ens, USN (nm)
DAVIS, Lewis, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
DIAZ, Juan, STM1c, USN (nm)
DICK, Herbert, Cox, USN (nm)
DODD, Ernest, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DONAHUE, Everett, MM1c, USN (nm)
DRAPER, Jack, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DUVAL, Ivan, F1c, USN (nm)
EARHART, Marion, SM2c, USN (nm)
ELLIOTT, Floyd, CWT, USN (nm)
ELLZEY, Luther, QM3c, USN (nm)
ENDORF, Conrad, F1c, USN (nm)
ENGELHART, Virgil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ENGELLAND, Peter, MM1c, USN (nm)
FAHNESTOCK, Merrill, B1c, USN (nm)
FAST, John, PhM3c, USN (nm)
FENCHEL, Gerald, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FERRARI, Arthur, MM3c, USN (nm)
FINNEY, Don, TM1c, USN (nm)
FOX, Julian, Sea1c, USN (nm)
FRASER, Meldean, F1c, USN (nm)
FREEBURGER, Charles, EM2c, USN (nm)
FROST, Robert, PhM3c, USN (nm)
FUNCK, Louis, Cox, USN (nm)
GIESELMAN, Gerald, EM2c, USN (nm)
GLASSBERG, Seymour, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GORDISH, Peter, MM2c, USN (nm)
GRASS, Earl, Cox, USN (nm)
GREBENSTEIN, William, MM1c, USN (nm)
GRIGGS, Howard, SC2c, USN (nm)
HAGEL, Alfred, CMM, USN (nm)
HALEY, Jack, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HALEY, Joe, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HALL, Jack, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HALL, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HAMMOND, William, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HANSEN, Guredon, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HARMANING, Harry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HARP, Frank, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HARRIS, Raymond, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HARRIS, Douglas, Sea2c, USN (nm)
HAYES, Charles, SK2c, USN (nm)
HEBERT, Michael, CCS, USN (nm)
HERNDON, William, SC3c, USN (nm)
HILL, Jesse, MM1c, USN (nm)
HOLLAND, Raymond, F1c, USN (nm)
HOWARD, Wilson, RM2c, USN (nm)
HOWREY, George, EM2c, USN (nm)
HUBERT, Earl, MM1c, USN (nm)
IMBUSH, Leo, Y1c, USN (nm)
JENSEN, Robert, SM1c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Clarence, BM2c, USN (nm)
JOYO, Esperidion, Ck3c, USN (nm)
KAHN, Harold, MM2c, USN (nm)
KELLER, William, Bkr3c, USN (nm)
KENNEDY, Bernard, F1c, USN (nm)
KERN, William, WT2c, USN (nm)
KINNEY, Lawrence, MM3c, USN (nm)
KLEFISCH, Frederick, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KOCSIS, Frank, GM3c, USN (nm)
KOENIG, Vincent, SK2c, USN (nm)
KRAUS, John, CMM, USN (nm)
LACAMAN, Tomas, Stm1c, USN (nm)
LACOMBE, Joseph, Lt, USN (nm)
LAIRD, Charles, Ens, USN (nm)
LAMBERT, Van, Bkr3c, USN (nm)
LANGFITT, Perry, Sea2c, USN (nm)
LASS, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
LASTER, Eddie, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEDGERWOOD, Walter, MM2c, USN (nm)
LEE, Harley, GM2c, USN (nm)
LEWIS, Vernon, MM3c, USN (nm)
LHEUREUX, Henry, SC3c, USN (nm)
LOE, Orville, CEM, USN (nm)
LUPA, Jose, Std2c, USN (nm)
MARCHAND, Roy, F1c, USN (nm)
MARKELL, Ralph, SC2c, USN (nm)
MARKS, Mitchell, RM3c, USN (nm)
MARSH, Samuel, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCGINTY, Edgar, WT2c, USN (nm)
MCNABB, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MCPEAKE, Lawrence, LCdr, USN (nm)
MENTEN, Charles, MM1c, USN (nm)
MILLER, Samuel, BM1c, USN (nm)
MIZER, Merle, MM3c, USN (nm)
MORIARTY, Thomas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MOYLE, Alfred, PhM2c, USN (nm)
NELON, George, EM3c, USN (nm)
NELSON, Emery, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NIELSEN, Lester, MM2c, USN (nm)
NISEWONGER, Fred, MM2c, USN (nm)
OELKE, Clayton, MM2c, USN (nm)
OSBORNE, Robert, QM2c, USN (nm)
OSTROWSKI, George, F1c, USN (nm)
PALMER, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
PAPA, Anello, F1c, USN (nm)
PATINGRE, Joseph, WT2c, USN (nm)
PATTERSON, William, MM3c, USN (nm)
PAYNE, Thomas, Cox, USN (nm)
PECK, William, MM1c, USN (nm)
PIENCIAK, John, MM3c, USN (nm)
PORTER, John, Y3c, USN (nm)
POSTIGLION, Angelo, MM2c, USN (nm)
POSTON, John, CGM, USN (nm)
RASSATT, Urban, Sea2c, USN (nm)
REICHERT, Theodore, MM2c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, Harry, CY, USN (nm)
ROGERS, Henry, F2c, USN (nm)
ROWE, Sidney, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROWE, C., Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROWLEY, James, MM3c, USN (nm)
RYAN, David, WO, USN (nm)
SANDERS, William, Bkr2c, USN (nm)
SANTOS, Elos, Std2c, USN (nm)
SATTERFIELD, Richard, F2c, USN (nm)
SCHULER, Ralph, MM3c, USN (nm)
SCHULTZ, Ray, GM3c, USN (nm)
SEGO, Donald, MM1c, USN (nm)
SEIFERT, Paul, Mach, USN (nm)
SELLERS, Allen, F1c, USN (nm)
SHEALY, Mendel, EM1c, USN (nm)
SIGELKO, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SMALLEY, Harold, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Edwin, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SOWERS, Paul, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STATEN, Thomas, F2c, USN (nm)
STETTLER, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STEVENS, Roscoe, CCM, USN (nm)
STONE, Archibald, Lt, USN (nm)
STORM, Donald, Cox, USN (nm)
SWINK, Clifton, SC2c, USN (nm)
SZYMASZEK, Edward, CWT, USN (nm)
THORSON, Harold, MM1c, USN (nm)
TIMMONS, Frank, CGM, USN (nm)
TRAVER, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
UNTERKIRCHER, George, Sea2c, USN (nm)
VANCE, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WARD, Robert, GM2c, USN (nm)
WEISS, Lawrence, SF1c, USN (nm)
WILKERSON, Clyde, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WRIGHT, Dennis, GM2c, USN (nm)
WYATT, Wilson, SK3c, USN (nm)
YOUNG, Troy, MM3c, USN (nm)
ZULLO, Nicholas, Sea1c, USN (nm)


 
Sunday, March 1, 1942
 
LANGLEY AV-3, seaplane tender (nm)
 Sunday, March 1, 1942
Air Attack on USS Pecos
Underway in late February en route to India USS Pecos rendezvoused with Whipple and Edsall to take Langley survivors when enemy land based planes attacked the three ships. After fighting off the raiders, the US ships steamed south out of range and completed the transfer 1 March. ... A third strike from Japanese aircraft sent the veteran oiler to the bottom. Whipple raced to the scene and rescued 232 survivors. Pecos suffered 172 fatalities during the attack. Some of the Langley survivors were lost in the attack.
NSB94203012.jpg
Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 262
BAILEY, Walter, Lt, USN (nm)
BOSWELL, Robert, GM2c, USN (nm)
BRAUNER, Arthur, MM3c, USN (nm)
BRAY, Lloyd, SF1c, USN (nm)
BRIDGES, Carl, EM1c, USN (nm)
BRINKHURST, Clyde, Ptr3c, USN (nm)
BRISTOW, Charles, RM2c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Allie, F1c, USN (nm)
BROWN, Edgar, MM2c, USN (nm)
BRUCHERT, Layton, SF3c, USN (nm)
BURCHER, William, EM2c, USN (nm)
BURNS, James, MM2c, USN (nm)
BYRAN, William, RM2c, USN (nm)
BYRNE, Harold, SC3c, USN (nm)
CAMPBELL, Joel, CM2c, USN (nm)
CARLSON, Walter, AMM1c, USN (nm)
CARR, John, SM3c, USN (nm)
CARUTHERS, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CASON, Ralph, AOM2c, USN (nm)
CLARKE, Harry, EM1c, USN (nm)
CLAYTON, James, F1c, USN (nm)
CLIFTON, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CLIPPARD, Maxie, EM2c, USN (nm)
CONRAD, William, Cox, USN (nm)
COOPER, George, SC1c, USN (nm)
COOPER, Harmon, CBM, USN (nm)
COPELAND, George, RM1c, USN (nm)
COPLIN, Carl, PhM3c, USN (nm)
CORNISH, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
CRAIG, Nelson, MM2c, USN (nm)
CULLEY, Robert, CEM, USN (nm)
CURRAN, Thomas, AM2c, USN (nm)
CURTIS, Robert, Carp, USN (nm)
DAVID, Lawrence, EM3c, USN (nm)
DAVIDSON, Vernon, F1c, USN (nm)
DECAMP, Laco, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DEEB, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DEHART, Lawrence, SF2c, USN (nm)
DELACRUZ, Florencio, Ck1c, USN (nm)
DELAY, Archie, F2c, USN (nm)
DEMARAIS, Russell, CCM, USN (nm)
DERAIN, Ysidoro, StM2c, USN (nm)
DEUSCHLE, Rudolph, ACMM, USN (nm)
DEWEY, Henry, F1c, USN (nm)
DOBLER, Robert, QM1c, USN (nm)
DUDLEY, Gary, Bug1c, USN (nm)
DUNN, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
DUNPHEY, Claire, EM1c, USN (nm)
ELKINS, Dorsey, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ESCURO, Dionisio, StM1c, USN (nm)
FERRER, Felipe, Std3c, USN (nm)
FETTERHOFF, Charles, CY, USN (nm)
FIELDS, Earnest, Cox, USN (nm)
FISHER, George, Cox, USN (nm)
FLEURY, Elmer, MM3c, USN (nm)
FREY, Nat, Lt, USN (nm)
GARDNER, Howard, EM1c, USN (nm)
GARENA, Lorenzo, StM1c, USN (nm)
GARNER, Clifford, Sea1c, USN (nm)
GENTRY, Samuel, WT1c, USN (nm)
GESTNER, Donald, F1c, USN (nm)
GIBSON, Lewis, Sea2c, USN (nm)
GILL, George, SK1c, USN (nm)
GLEESON, Milton, AMM3c, USN (nm)
GREER, Fred, AMM2c, USN (nm)
GRIFFIN, Earl, EM1c, USN (nm)
GROSSE, George, MM1c, USN (nm)
HAM, John, AM1c, USN (nm)
HAMBY, Thaddies, Bug1c, USN (nm)
HANDLEY, James, Lt, USN (nm)
HANNAH, Russell, AOM1c, USN (nm)
HANSON, Hohlaus, RM3c, USN (nm)
HARRON, Lamar, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HASSELBRINK, Harold, EM1c, USN (nm)
HENRIKSEN, Max, MM2c, USN (nm)
HICKMAN, Frank, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HOAGLAND, James, WT2c, USN (nm)
HOEKSTRA, Edwin, PhM3c, USN (nm)
HOEY, Allen, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HOFFMAN, Chris, AMM2c, USN (nm)
HOLDER, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
HOLLY, Charles, Lt, USN (nm)
HOLTZMAN, Harry, CPrtr, USN (nm)
HUDSON, William, RM3c, USN (nm)
HURLOCKER, Eddie, CM1c, USN (nm)
INGERSON, Clarence, Gunner, USN (nm)
JACKSON, Robert, MM3c, USN (nm)
JARVIS, Charles, MM2c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Harold, Y2c, USN (nm)
JOHNSON, Warren, Sea1c, USN (nm)
JONES, Harry, AMM3c, USN (nm)
JONES, Dwight, GM1c, USN (nm)
KEARNEY, Walter, AMM3c, USN (nm)
KERFOOT, Gerald, EM2c, USN (nm)
KIESLING, George, PhM1c, USN (nm)
KRENZEL, Maximilian, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KULESH, Michael, Sea1c, USN (nm)
KUPCZAK, Frank, Cox, USN (nm)
KURZ, Nicholas, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LAMPE, Theodore, Cox, USN (nm)
LAMPHERE, Fayette, SK3c, USN (nm)
LANCASTER, Henry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LANDON, Kenneth, MM3c, USN (nm)
LANGDON, Van, CSF, USN (nm)
LANIER, Julian, MM2c, USN (nm)
LAWSON, Eugene, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEE, Richard, SM2c, USN (nm)
LEGGETT, Woodford, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEIGBER, Carl, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LEINTHALL, Daniel, F1c, USN (nm)
LEONARD, Leland, CRM, USN (nm)
LINDLEY, Aubrey, EM2c, USN (nm)
LITTLEFIELD, Albert, BM1c, USN (nm)
LONDO, Joseph, F2c, USN (nm)
LONGO, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
LOOMER, Vernon, Ens, USN (nm)
LUIS, Numeriano, Std1c, USN (nm)
LUND, Paul, TM1c, USN (nm)
LYNCH, Randle, F2c, USN (nm)
MAGNO, Hilario, Ck1c, USN (nm)
MANSFIELD, Tracy, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MARANON, Salvador, Ck2c, USN (nm)
MARTIN, John, Y3c, USN (nm)
MASON, Evert, MM3c, USN (nm)
MATHIAS, David, PhM3c, USN (nm)
MCCOLLOUGH, Marvin, F1c, USN (nm)
MCGARRITY, John, Lt(jg), USN (nm)
MCKINDSEY, Kenneth, F1c, USN (nm)
MCKINSTRY, John, AMM3c, USN (nm)
MCLEAN, Robert, Bkr2c, USN (nm)
MCMAHEN, William, EM3c, USN (nm)
MEAD, Chester, AMM2c, USN (nm)
MENCHUK, Walter, Ens, USN (nm)
MICHALOWSKE, Frank, Sea1c, USN (nm)
MIHALOVICH, John, MM2c, USN (nm)
MILLER, Kearney, SF2c, USN (nm)
MILLER, Edward, F2c, USN (nm)
MITCHELL, Earl, MM2c, USN (nm)
MODROW, Donald, RM3c, USN (nm)
MOFFETT, Joseph, PhM2c, USN (nm)
MOORE, Henry, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MOORER, Harry, MM3c, USN (nm)
MORISETTE, William, F2c, USN (nm)
MUMMEY, Charles, CMM, USN (nm)
MUSSER, John, MM2c, USN (nm)
NAISH, Wilbur, Sea1c, USN (nm)
NELSON, Floyd, Sea1c, USN (nm)
OBRIEN, Howard, SC2c, USN (nm)
ORDUNG, Wyott, CQM, USN (nm)
OTOOLE, Douglas, RM3c, USN (nm)
PALMER, John, CM2c, USN (nm)
PARKER, Clyde, BM2c, USN (nm)
PARKS, James, MM2c, USN (nm)
PATTERSON, Lewis, CM1c, USN (nm)
PATTON, Farrel, CY, USN (nm)
PEDEN, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PENAWIN, Mateo, Ck2c, USN (nm)
PENNINGTON, John, EM1c, USN (nm)
PHILLIPS, Paul, SK1c, USN (nm)
PHILLIPS, Stanley, Sea1c, USN (nm)
POSTMAN, Hyman, AMM1c, USN (nm)
POWERS, Fred, Y2c, USN (nm)
PROWS, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
PURL, Andrew, CBM, USN (nm)
PUSKAS, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RANDALL, Andrews, PayClk, USN (nm)
RATAJIK, Richard, Y3c, USN (nm)
REXIN, Frank, Sea1c, USN (nm)
REYES, Victoriano, Std2c, USN (nm)
REYNOLDS, James, MM2c, USN (nm)
RICHARDSON, Joseph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RICHIE, Elmer, EM3c, USN (nm)
RIDDLESPERGER, Ralph, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RIDGEWAY, William, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, Louis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
ROBINSON, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
RONQUILLO, Marcial, Std2c, USN (nm)
ROSS, Mark, MM2c, USN (nm)
ROUSH, Cleo, Y3c, USN (nm)
RUTLEDGE, Eugene, SF3c, USN (nm)
RYDER, Grafton, MM1c, USN (nm)
SANDERLIN, Robert, RM2c, USN (nm)
SANDERS, Carl, RM2c, USN (nm)
SAPRID, Macario, Std3c, USN (nm)
SCHAEFER, Eugene, F2c, USN (nm)
SCHMIDT, Albert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCHROER, Kenneth, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCOTT, Charles, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCOTT, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SCOTT, David, GM2c, USN (nm)
SEALE, Don, AM3c, USN (nm)
SENTELL, John, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SESSIONS, Johnnie, Ptr2c, USN (nm)
SHAFFER, Herbert, BM2c, USN (nm)
SHARP, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SHARP, Purdy, PhM2c, USN (nm)
SHEARER, Lloyd, CWT, USN (nm)
SHEETS, Alfred, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SHIELDS, Taylor, RM2c, USN (nm)
SHUBERT, Raymond, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SIMMONS, Tyrus, MM1c, USN (nm)
SIMPSON, Clifford, QM3c, USN (nm)
SIVESIN, Arthur, CMM, USN (nm)
SMALL, George, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SMERSH, Randolph, MM3c, USN (nm)
SMILEY, William, MM3c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Lloyd, EM2c, USN (nm)
SMITH, Duane, QM3c, USN (nm)
SMOLINSKY, Rudolph, F1c, USN (nm)
SOKE, Charles, AMM3c, USN (nm)
SOLOMON, L., SF3c, USN (nm)
SONIGA, Ambrocio, Ck3c, USN (nm)
SOULE, Arthur, LCdr, USN (nm)
SOWDER, Jack, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SPOO, Henry, CWT, USN (nm)
STANSBURY, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STEINBERG, Barry, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STEVENS, Errol, Sea2c, USN (nm)
STEWART, Albert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STOLLER, James, Y3c, USN (nm)
STONE, Merle, Sea1c, USN (nm)
STRATTON, Joseph, Sea2c, USN (nm)
SULLIVAN, Thomas, SM1c, USN (nm)
SWANN, Harry, SK1c, USN (nm)
SWEHLA, Donald, Sea1c, USN (nm)
SWIGER, Everett, Sea1c, USN (nm)
TAFURO, Frank, MM2c, USN (nm)
TALLEY, Henry, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TAYLOR, Lee, SK3c, USN (nm)
TERRY, Claude, GM1c, USN (nm)
THEDFORD, Edwin, Sea2c, USN (nm)
THOMAS, Jack, Sea1c, USN (nm)
THURMAN, James, Ens, USN (nm)
THURSTON, Robert, Sea1c, USN (nm)
TIERNEY, Walter, Sea1c, USN (nm)
TODD, Grover, MM2c, USN (nm)
TOFT, Arthur, Sea2c, USN (nm)
TUBAO, Vicente, Std2c, USN (nm)
VISNESKY, Edward, Mach, USN (nm)
VITALE, Peter, Sea2c, USN (nm)
VOLK, Russell, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WALDRON, Richard, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WALKER, Harry, Cox, USN (nm)
WALLACE, Robert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WARREN, James, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WATERS, Eugene, SK3c, USN (nm)
WEATHERMAN, Dean, EM2c, USN (nm)
WEISS, Virgil, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WELCH, Delbert, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WELKER, John, SK2c, USN (nm)
WETHERELL, Thomas, CPhM, USN (nm)
WHEELER, Robert, QM2c, USN (nm)
WHISMAN, Herman, SK3c, USN (nm)
WICKHAM, Arthur, CBM, USN (nm)
WILKIE, Gerald, Sea2c, USN (nm)
WILLIAMS, Orville, Bmkr1c, USN (nm)
WOLFE, John, WT1c, USN (nm)
WOLKOWICZ, Joseph, AMM3c, USN (nm)
WOLVEN, Francis, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WOODS, Harold, Sea1c, USN (nm)
WYNNE, James, ACMM, USN (nm)
ZINI, Andrew, CMM, USN (nm)


Tuesday, March 3, 1942

SOUTH OF JAVA

Asheville
Wednesday, March 3, 1943
Action south of Java
While attempting to proceed to Australia and hampered by chronic engine problems, Asheville was steaming toward a designated rendezvous point 500 miles SW of Tjilatjap to join up with other units of Asiatic Fleet. Unbeknownst to Asheville rendezvous point had been compromised and Japanese destroyer and cruiser were lying in wait for the arrival of US forces. Japanese poured gunfire into Asheville for 30 minutes rendering grave damage. ... The ship sank from gunfire damage sustained from Japanese attack and 160 members of the crew went down with the ship. There was one survivor who was rescued by Japanese destroyer and interred in a POW camp in the Celebes. He died in March 1945 while a prisoner of the Japanese.
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Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 169
AHYUNG, Woo, StM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

ALBEE, Clyde, SM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
ASKEW, Earl, CQM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BALASKI, Walter, Bkr2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BALCEREK, Casimer, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BARGIEL, Stanley, SK1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BENTLEY, Bryant, CSK, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BEREZNY, George, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BIGGS, Clyde, Y1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BOLTON, Wilbur, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BONNELL, James, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BOSLEY, Kenneth, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BREEN, Robert, F2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BREON, Floyd, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BRION, Feliciano, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BRITT, Jacob, LCdr, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BRIZENDINE, David, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BROILES, Benjamin, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BROWN, Fred, F2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
BROWN, Robert, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

BUNKER, Wallace, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

CARLIN, William, CEM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
CARRADINO, Albert, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
CHENG, Chih, StM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
CHEONG, Yau, Std2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

CIPOLLA, Eugenio, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

CONOVER, Leland, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
COOLEY, Willie, CGM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
COOPER, Lyle, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
COX, George, SC3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

COYNE, Joseph, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

CRAWFORD, Reynold, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
CRUM, Walter, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
CUMMINGS, Thomas, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DALE, Loren, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

DARLING, Lloyd, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

DEAN, Maurice, SC3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DELPRETE, Louis, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DESART, Boyd, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DETZEL, Elmer, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

DIGIACOMO, Dominick, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

DIGIULIO, Gori, CMM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DOIG, William, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DOWELL, Harry, BM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
DRABB, Andrew, CCS, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

DYE, DeForest, SK3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

EDWARDS, Ausburn, SC1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
ENGELMAN, Carl, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
EWING, Charles, WT1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
FEDICO, Paul, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

FEESE, Harold, CEM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

FERREIRA, Lee, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
FOO, Ah, Std3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
FRAME, Paul, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
FRASER, Richard, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

FRENSLEY, Claude, CMM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

FU, Liu, StM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GAINES, Richard, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GINWRIGHT, Lee, EM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GOFF, Douglas, Ens, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

GOVERNALE, Anthony, M1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

GRAPER, Edgar, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GRAVES, Fred, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GRIFFITH, Hubert, WT2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
GROTE, Harry, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

GULLIVER, Louis, Lt, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HAIGH, Alvin, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HALLIDAY, Fred, RM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HARE, Robert, CSK, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HARRIS, William, Ens, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HART, Charles, CBM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HAYS, John, Lt(jg), USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HEADLY, Lawrence, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HEEREN, George, QM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HERGERT, Norman, MM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HEY, Raydeen, B1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HIGGINS, Louis, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HOLMES, William, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HOWELL, Walter, QM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
HUBBARD, Atwood, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

HUTZEL, Cecil, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

JEROME, Charles, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
JONES, Harold, Bkr3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
JONES, Nuel, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
KERR, William, EM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

KING, Ah, StM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

KING, Paul, GM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
KJORNESS, Charles, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
KONG, Ching, StM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
KOVARNIK, William, CMM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

KRAEMER, Clyde, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

KU, Deh, StM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LAMBERT, Carl, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LANKFORD, Thomas, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LARSON, Coleman, GM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

LATAUSKAS, Edward, PhM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

LAWRENCE, James, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LEARISH, Jesse, CSF, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LEIGH, Junior, PhM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
LIU, Chong, StM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

LLEWELLYN, Robert, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MASSENGALE, Ben, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MASSIONGALE, Frank, SC1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MATHIS, Chester, F2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MATTSON, Johnnie, CM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MAZON, Agapito, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MCCOY, Ralph, GM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MCKIBBEN, William, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MERCURI, Antonio, RM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MERKEL, George, CY, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MILAM, Edward, CMM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MILES, Lion, Lt, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MIRRE, Herman, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MOREY, Ernest, BM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
MORGAN, G., MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

MOSELEY, George, Lt, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

PARCERO, Jose, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
PEGG, George, RM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
PETROFF, John, CBM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
POUND, Kenneth, Lt, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

PRICE, Lee, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)

RADNEY, William, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
RAYANDAYAN, Sergio, Bug1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
RHOADES, Robert, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
RICHTER, Herman, CM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
RIGGS, Merle, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
RINGS, Glen, Lt(jg), USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
ROMEO, Edward, CMM, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SANDERSON, Con, GM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SAWYER, Charles, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SCHENK, Richard, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SCOTT, Earnest, F1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SELFRIDGE, Henry, WT1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SHELDON, Robert, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SIMONSON, Randall, SK2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SMART, Harry, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SMITH, Neil, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SMITH, Chester, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SMITH, Robert, RM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SMITH, Willard, PhM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
SPARKS, Paul, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
STANTON, Joseph, GM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
STEINBECK, Edwin, SM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
STUBBLEFIELD, Claude, CWT, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TADLOCK, Malcolm, Ptr1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TATE, Charles, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TERRY, Earlie, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TERRY, Kenneth, SC3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TIMMONS, Orlando, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TINKLE, John, Y3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TOWILL, Richard, Ens, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TRAMMELL, James, Cox, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TUCKER, Robert, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
TUTTLE, Raymond, BM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
VALLIS, George, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
VAUGHN, Leonard, MM3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
VIDENA, Buenaventura, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
VOLKMAN, Walter, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WAGONER, Leo, Y3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WALLS, Otto, Sea2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WALSER, James, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WALSTROM, Harold, ActPayClk, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WARD, Elmer, SK3c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WARREN, Irel, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WATKINS, James, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WEEKS, George, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WESTFALL, Billy, Sea1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WHITE, Walter, MM2c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)
WOOD, William, CM1c, USN, Asheville PG-21, March 3, 1942 (nm)





 


DUTCH EAST INDIES (Indonesia)
 
PERCH SS-176, submarine , severely damaged by depth charges in Java Sea and scuttled, all crew picked up by Japanese, but 9 men listed in USNM log
ATKEISON, Warren, TM2, USN (nm), survived as POW (ep)
BROWN, Charles, MM1, USN (nm), died as POW April 18, 1945 (ep)
DEWES, Philip, PHARM, USN (nm), died as POW July 25, 1945 (ep)
EDWARDS, Houston, CEM, USN (nm), died as POW July 10, 1944 (ep)
GRECO, John, TM1, USN (nm), survived as POW (ep)
MCCREARY, Frank, MM1, USN (nm), died as POW January 4, 1943 (ep)
NEWSOME, Alfred, CMM, USN (nm), died as POW April 6, 1945 (ep)
OSBORNE, Robert, S1, USN (nm), survived as POW (ep)
WILSON, Robert, FC1, USN (nm), died as POW June 15, 1945 (ep)

 
Thursday, March 19, 1942

ATLANTIC
 
DICKERSON DD-157, destroyer, fired on by merchant ship near Norfolk, VA; 4 men in USNM log
KENNEDY, George, SM3c, USN (nm)
KOLLAR, Elmer, Sea2c, USN (nm)
MCMILLEN, Charles, CBM, USN (nm)
REYBOLD, John, LCdr, USN (nm)



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