USNR WORLD WAR II
Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Fred C. Allen Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Service #9424004.
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Lt J.R. Crosby, USNR
Ship: USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136)
Mission: operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats
Loss Date: 24-Apr-1945
Fate: Sunk by U-546 (Paul Just)
Location: 43° 52'N, 40° 15'W - Grid BC 95 North Atlantic
Complement: 195 officers and men (113 dead and 82 survivors).
Notes on event
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
Motor Machinist's Mate Allen appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City, He has a cenotaph memorial Laurel Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery Clyo Effingham County Georgia, his body was never recovered
Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Frederick C. Davis
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Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Fred C. Allen Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Service #9424004.
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Lt J.R. Crosby, USNR
Ship: USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136)
Mission: operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats
Loss Date: 24-Apr-1945
Fate: Sunk by U-546 (Paul Just)
Location: 43° 52'N, 40° 15'W - Grid BC 95 North Atlantic
Complement: 195 officers and men (113 dead and 82 survivors).
Notes on event
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
Motor Machinist's Mate Allen appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City, He has a cenotaph memorial Laurel Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery Clyo Effingham County Georgia, his body was never recovered
Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Frederick C. Davis
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USNR WORLD WAR II
Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Fred C. Allen Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Service #9424004.
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Lt J.R. Crosby, USNR
Ship: USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136)
Mission: operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats
Loss Date: 24-Apr-1945
Fate: Sunk by U-546 (Paul Just)
Location: 43° 52'N, 40° 15'W - Grid BC 95 North Atlantic
Complement: 195 officers and men (113 dead and 82 survivors).
Notes on event
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
Motor Machinist's Mate Allen appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City, He has a cenotaph memorial Laurel Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery Clyo Effingham County Georgia, his body was never recovered
Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Frederick C. Davis
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Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Fred C. Allen Jr. MIA/KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Service #9424004.
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain: Lt J.R. Crosby, USNR
Ship: USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136)
Mission: operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats
Loss Date: 24-Apr-1945
Fate: Sunk by U-546 (Paul Just)
Location: 43° 52'N, 40° 15'W - Grid BC 95 North Atlantic
Complement: 195 officers and men (113 dead and 82 survivors).
Notes on event
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
Motor Machinist's Mate Allen appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City, He has a cenotaph memorial Laurel Hill Lutheran Church Cemetery Clyo Effingham County Georgia, his body was never recovered
Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Frederick C. Davis
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