DOB/DOD: May 7, 1895 (Duryea, PA) – February 21, 1942; 46 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: BristolPRIOR ENLISTMENT: U.S. Army, September 3, 1918 to October 31, 1918, with Headquarters Company, 35th Artillery Coast Artillery Corps. According to his WWI draft registration card, he was living in Orange, New Jersey, where he farmed.SERVICE NUMBER: Z-066220 FAMILY:Continue reading “DECK ENGINEER STANLEY FLANDERS”
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SECOND MATE WENDELL HORTON FIFIELD
DOB/DOD: August 17, 1903 (Rockland, MI) – April 10, 1943; 39 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Margaret E. Ahern Lakeman (1900-1955) in 1941CHILDREN: William A. Fifield II (1942-2021)LOCAL ADDRESS: SaybrookSERVICE NUMBER: Z-083465 FAMILY: Born to William A. (1870-1957) and Margaret Greenlaw Fifield (1875-1967). One sister, Lillian Fifield Alden (1905-1977). CIRCUMSTANCES: On March 1, 1943, the SSContinue reading “SECOND MATE WENDELL HORTON FIFIELD”
MASTER FRANCIS WALLACE DULAC
DOB/DOD: December 24, 1906 (Waterbury, CT) – March 19, 1944; 37 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Doris L. Baker on July 23, 1935, in Pinellas, Florida. LOCAL ADDRESS: New HavenSERVICE NUMBER: Z-149121 FAMILY: Born to Maxim A. [born in Quebec, Canada] (1860-1943) and Marie “Mary” Olivine duLac (1861-1918). Two sisters, Alma (1884-1918), Margaret (1888-1940), Eva DulacContinue reading “MASTER FRANCIS WALLACE DULAC”
MESSMAN JOSEPH ERNEST DUBOIS
DOB/DOD: September 11, 1923 (Lawrence, MA) – April 5, 1943; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: New HavenSERVICE NUMBER: Z-358164 FAMILY: Born to Joseph E. (1901-1980) and Delima Lebel Dubois [born in Canada] (1897-1980). One brother, Joseph A. [Air Force veteran] (1926-2002). Two sisters, Marie Jeannette Yvonne Dubois Sicard (1928-2007) and Marie Therese Dubois (1936-).Continue reading “MESSMAN JOSEPH ERNEST DUBOIS”
CHIEF MATE RICHARD TERENCE CROSSMAN
DOB/DOD: April 2, 1922 (New York, NY) – October 18, 1944; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Parsonage Lane, GreenwichSERVICE NUMBER: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Herman S. (1884-1959) and Dorothy V. Lynch Crossman (1899-1988). Two sisters, Jeanette K. (1918-1989) and Doris Crossman Barton (1920-2013). One twin brother, George W. [U.S. Army veteran 1942-1945] (1922-1996). TheContinue reading “CHIEF MATE RICHARD TERENCE CROSSMAN”
FIRST ENGINEER JOSEPH MICHAEL COOPER
DOB/DOD: January 30, 1900 (West Ham, London, England) – February 23, 1943; 43 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Isabel T. “Belle” Makonis (1918-1951) in 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Isabel later married William Von Winkle of Hamden, Connecticut, in April 1944.LOCAL ADDRESS: 1 Smith Street, West HavenSERVICE NUMBER: Z-172822 FAMILY: Born to Joseph (1863-1915) and Ellen LovettContinue reading “FIRST ENGINEER JOSEPH MICHAEL COOPER”
JUNIOR THIRD MATE HARRY ALLEN COOKE, III
DOB/DOD: November 26, 1920 (New London, CT) – January 1, 1943; 22 years old MARITAL STATUS: Married Barbara A. Rice (1921-1999) on October 3, 1942, in Prince George, Maryland. Barbara remarried to John H. Freeman (1919-1999) in 1945.LOCAL ADDRESS: 49 Shirley Lane, New LondonENLISTMENT: 1942SERVICE NUMBER: Z-238553 FAMILY: Born to Harry Allen (1897-1969) and IsabelContinue reading “JUNIOR THIRD MATE HARRY ALLEN COOKE, III”
ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS CUSHMAN COLLINS, JR.
DOB/DOD: February 28, 1900 (Middleborough, MA) – May 12, 1942; 42 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnknownLOCAL ADDRESS: GlastonburySERVICE NUMBER: Z-019292 FAMILY: Born to Wallace C. (1870-1908) and Mary E. Flinn Collins (1877-1951). Thomas was their only child. CIRCUMSTANCES: Died when his ship, the SS Virginia, a tanker, was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico. At 2203Continue reading “ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS CUSHMAN COLLINS, JR.”
BOATSWAIN PATRICK DANIEL COLEMAN
DOB/DOD: 1903 (Connecticut) – September 24, 1942; 35 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mae Coleman. No other information could be found.LOCAL ADDRESS: 33 Hickory Street, WaterburySERVICE NUMBER: Z-097275 FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: The SS Losmar was torpedoed and sunk about 250 miles west of Cape Comorin, India, by Japanese submarine I-165. 25 Merchant Mariners and 2Continue reading “BOATSWAIN PATRICK DANIEL COLEMAN”
MATE CLETUS ARTHUR CHILCOTE
DOB/DOD: August 15, 1905 (Orrville, OH) – January 9, 1942; 36 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Ruth V. Barbour Bingham Bachmann (1913-1981) on April 6, 1932, in Norwich, CT. Divorced in February 1938. Married Delcini Louise Daniels (1918-1990) on March 5, 1938, in New London, CT.CHILDREN: One daughter, unnamed, only lived a few hours and wasContinue reading “MATE CLETUS ARTHUR CHILCOTE”