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Roster Deaths in the Atlantic Theater of the War with Germany
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01 - Battle of the Atlantic (15 dead, updated 13 February 2024)
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01-01 - WWII Germany > Battle of The Atlantic (15 dead, updated 13 Feb 2024)† Anderson, Elmer Dean, SN O-075023, US Navy, Montgomery Co.
  • Destroyer USS Truxtun (DD-229); DNB 18 Feb 1942 Placentia Bay, near Argentia, Newfoundland; Truxtun & supply ship USS Pollux (AKS-2) lost on rocks in winter storm while on convoy duty returning from Reykjavik, Iceland; 110 dead from Truxtun & 99 dead from Pollux, 186 survivors; BNR.
† Bernhardt, Paul Richard, SN 620-27-93, US Navy, Union Co. 
  • Destroyer USS Leary (DD-158); KIA 24 Dec 1943 north of the Azores, North Atlantic; Leary sunk by submarine U-275 torpedo; 98 died; BNR.
† Brown, Gerald Keith, SN 620-11-60, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • Attack Cargo Ship USS Almaack (AKA-19); KIA 15 Nov 1942 off Portugal; Almaack had participated in Operation Torch landings in North Africa and was in convoy to Great Britain when damaged by torpedo from submarine U-155; four dead.
† Collins, James Perry, SN 122-08-81, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Q-ship USS Atik (AK-101); KIA 27 Mar 1942 off North Carolina; Atik sunk by submarine U-123, 141 dead, no survivors; BNR.
† Curry, Jack Benton, SN 98652, US Merchant Marine, Pott. Co.
  • Tanker Pan Massachusetts fireman/wiper; KIA 19 Feb 1942, off Cape Canaveral, FL; Pan Massachusetts torpedoed and sunk by submarine U-128; 20 dead, 18 survivors; BNR.
† Halladay, Robert Monroe, SN O-115172, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • Naval Air Scout Sqdn. VS-2 or VS-1D15, based at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone; Vought OS2N-1 Kingfisher BuNo 01408 pilot; DNB 5 Nov 1942 in Caribbean Sea NE of Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone; aircraft accident; BNR.
† Hansen, Arnt Billy, SN O-165735, US Navy, US Naval Academy class of 1943, Pott. Co.
  • Destroyer USS Leary (DD 158), Task Group 21.14, formed around the Escort Carrier USS Card (CVE 11); German reconnaissance aircraft spotted the task group in the North Atlantic on 24 Dec 1943 and the submarine wolfpack Borkum was ordered to attack; KIA 24 Dec 1943 at 45N, 22W, ~ 700 miles NE of Azores; submarine U-275 torpedoed and sank Leary; 97 dead, 59 survivors; BNR.
† Heckman, Gail Wayne, SN 620-18-37, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • US Navy Armed Guard on SS Topa Topa enroute from Port of Spain, Trinidad in the Caribbean to Takoradi in today's Ghana, Africa; KIA 29 Aug 1942 350 miles N of Cayenne, French Guinea; Topa Topa sunk by two torpedoes from submarine U-66; 18 crew & seven armed guards died, abt. 35 survived; BNR.
† Keat, Harry Martin, SN 101-67-78, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • US Navy Armed Guard on tanker SS Gulfoil; KIA 17 May 1942 in Gulf of Mexico ~75 miles SW of Mississippi delta; Gulfoil sunk by torpedoes from submarine U-506; of 40 men on board, abt. 19 survived; BNR.
† McLaurin, William Harold, SN 317408, US Merchant Marine, Crawford & Shelby Cos.
  • Tanker USS Atlantic Sun radio officer; d. 15 Feb 1943 in North Atlantic, 150 miles off Cape Race, Newfoundland; Atlantic Sun torpedoed and sunk by submarine U-607, one survivor; BNR.
† Peterson, Jack, SN 321-78-55, US Navy, Shelby Co.
  • Destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518); DNB 6 Apr 1943, Atlantic Ocean; lost overboard; BNR.
† Ruff, Paul Russell "Russell", SN 307354, US Navy, Wapello & Polk Cos.
  • Minesweeper USS Valor (AMc-108) Executive Officer, based at Eastern Sea Frontier, Newport, RI; d. 29 Jun 1944 at southern reaches of the Cape Cod Canal; Valor struck by destroyer escort USS Richard W. Suesens; nine of crew of 18 died.
† Senior, Clifford Leo, SN 576-76-12, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • Destroyer USS Warrington (DD 383); DNB 13 Sep 1944 off Bahama Is., Atlantic Ocean; Warrington sank in 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane; 148 dead, 73 survivors; BNR.
† Smith, Boyd D., SN 663-18-59, US Navy, Pott. Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • Submarine USS Dorado (SS-248); KIA 12 Oct 1943 in Caribbean Sea off Panama; Dorado disappeared, crew of 78 died, possibly sunk by German naval mine; BNR.
† Snyder, Donald Earl, SN 316-77-14, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • Destroyer USS Ingraham (DD-444), fast convoy AT-20 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Greenock, Scotland; DNB 22 Aug 1942 off Nova Scotia; Ingraham passed in front of oil tanker Chemung in dense fog, was hit and sank; 11 survivors from crew of 208; BNR.