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”
Category Archives: Merchant Marines of WWII
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”
DECK CADET DENNISTON CHARLTON, JR.
DOB/DOD: December 28, 1923 (West Haven, CT) – January 1, 1943; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: CanterburySERVICE NUMBER: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Denniston (1892-1930) and Louisa M. Wibberly Charlton (1893-1991). One sister, Lois E. Charlton Woodell Lemond Plassman (1920-2000) CIRCUMSTANCES: Cadet Dennis Charlton, Jr. was a deck cadet at the United States Merchant MarineContinue reading “DECK CADET DENNISTON CHARLTON, JR.”