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William H. Barnes
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William H. Barnes Veteran

Birth
New Jersey, USA
Death
23 Aug 1943 (aged 17)
At Sea
Monument
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing
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US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Signalman 1st Class, William H. Barnes MIA/KIA
Hometown: Cranford, NJ
Ship: USS Ingraham DD-444
Service # 2622160
Awards: Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal,
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Commander W. M. Haynsworth Jr. MIA/KIA

Mission: Escort (Convoy) duty
Mission Date: 22-Aug-42
Location: off the coast of Nova Scotia
Cause: Sunk In Collision with USS Chemung AO-30, Convoy AT-20
Crew: of ? MIA/KIA

The ship and crew lost august 22 1942 the crew declared officially KIA on August 23 1943.

The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles. On the night of 22 August, as she was investigating a collision between the destroyer Buck and a merchant vessel, Ingraham collided with the oil tanker Chemung in heavy fog off the coast of Nova Scotia and Ingraham sank almost immediately. Depth charges on her stern exploded. Only 11 men survived the collision. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 September 1942.
The Destroyer U.S.S. Haynsworth was named in the Commanders honor and commissioned on June 22, 1944.

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US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Signalman 1st Class, William H. Barnes MIA/KIA
Hometown: Cranford, NJ
Ship: USS Ingraham DD-444
Service # 2622160
Awards: Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal,
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Commander W. M. Haynsworth Jr. MIA/KIA

Mission: Escort (Convoy) duty
Mission Date: 22-Aug-42
Location: off the coast of Nova Scotia
Cause: Sunk In Collision with USS Chemung AO-30, Convoy AT-20
Crew: of ? MIA/KIA

The ship and crew lost august 22 1942 the crew declared officially KIA on August 23 1943.

The destroyer Ingraham on July 19, 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles. On the night of 22 August, as she was investigating a collision between the destroyer Buck and a merchant vessel, Ingraham collided with the oil tanker Chemung in heavy fog off the coast of Nova Scotia and Ingraham sank almost immediately. Depth charges on her stern exploded. Only 11 men survived the collision. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 September 1942.
The Destroyer U.S.S. Haynsworth was named in the Commanders honor and commissioned on June 22, 1944.

Visit the virtual cemetery ofUSS Ingraham Crew

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