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Ens Hunter Marshall III
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Ens Hunter Marshall III Veteran

Birth
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Jun 1942 (aged 24)
At Sea
Monument
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Add to Map
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USNR WORLD WAR II
Ensign, Hunter Marshall III MIA/KIA
Hometown: North Carolina
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42 Official Date of death 1 Year and 1 day after MIA 10-Jun-43
Service # 0-103623
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers

Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).

At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.

The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.

Ensign Marshall appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost 10 June 1942 officially declared killed 10 June 1943. He also has a cenotaph memorial Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte Mecklenburg County North Carolina, his body was never recovered.

USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta

Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux
USNR WORLD WAR II
Ensign, Hunter Marshall III MIA/KIA
Hometown: North Carolina
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42 Official Date of death 1 Year and 1 day after MIA 10-Jun-43
Service # 0-103623
Awards: Purple Heart
Master Wilbur Flowers

Mission: Steam Merchant Merrimack
Ship: Merrimack
Loss Date: 10-Jun-42
Cargo: Military supplies
Location: 19.47N, 85.55W - Grid DL 9567
Fate: Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen)
Complement: 53 (43 dead and 10 survivors).

At 05.01 hours on 10 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Merrimack was torpedoed by U-107 about 60 miles off Cozumel Island, south of the Yucatan Channel. The torpedo struck on the starboard side just forward of the bridge and the ship immediately developed a 20° list to starboard. The engines could not be secured and were running at full speed until the ship sank 38 minutes after the hit. All officers, except the master, and 30 other survivors abandoned ship in one lifeboat because the other was destroyed in the explosion. The boat was sucked into the still turning screw, apparently no one in the boat survived. Some men, including the master abandoned ship by jumping overboard and swimming to rafts.

The master, seven crewmen and one armed guard were picked up from two rafts by USS Borie (DD 215) on 15 June in 20°48N/85°30W, after being spotted by a PBY Catalina flying boat. They were taken to Cristobal, arriving on 19 June. An able seaman was picked up from a raft on 15 June by the steam merchant Argentina and landed at New York on 20 June.

Ensign Marshall appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City lost 10 June 1942 officially declared killed 10 June 1943. He also has a cenotaph memorial Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte Mecklenburg County North Carolina, his body was never recovered.

USN Personnel associated with Merrimack
Hunter Marshall III
Hunter Marshall III
Charles Seivertson
Delbert R. Shipp
Donald F. Shunk
Donald F. Shunk
Valentine B. Sienicki
Quirino C. Simbulan Jr
Howard D. Skaling
John W. Smuksta

Merchant Marine
Cyril C. Altemir
Adrian T. Bernard
Roland Bland
Abner B. Byrd
Wallace D. Connover
Macario Corpus
John Dalland
Gilbert J. DaRosa
Daniel S. Dorsey
Joseph S. Ferrarer
Wilbur Flowers
Charles D. Freeman
Albert A. Grundmeyer
Edwin J. Hanscome
John W. Haynes
Lester T. Hofstad
Lester F. Lee
Joseph A. loime
John T. Lynch
Jack L. Martin
Samuel J. Martin
Francis J. McCabe
George Newchurch
Martin F. Nolan
Nathaniel J. Pauline
William N. Peterson
Vitto R. Pizzani
William J. Rhead
William J. Roseberry
John H. Starkey
Stanislau Szablinski
John L. Tapper
Henry Taylor
Lee J. Thibodeaux


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74815209/hunter-marshall: accessed ), memorial page for Ens Hunter Marshall III (6 Oct 1917–9 Jun 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74815209, citing East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).