Died March 1, 1942, vet, buried in Europe, sw Harry R Pegg, South Side, Row 19 (This marker is apparently incorrect) for George Edgar Pegg.
According to RootsWeb.com, McLean-Gierman Family Tree, George died Mar 1, 1942 in Europe on the USS Ashville. However, this is incorrect as are other records because the US Navy Memorial states that he died on the USS Asheville (PG-21) south of Java when the Japanese sunk his ship on March 3, 1942 with only one serviceman surviving. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in Manila Phillipines.
The Asheville was presumed lost and was stricken from the Navy list on 8 May 1942. It wasnâPct until after World War II that the US Navy found out what had happened to the Asheville. A survivor of the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) stated that he had met in a Japanese prison camp 18-year-old Fireman 1st Class Fred L. Brown, who had been in the AshevilleâPcs fireroom when a Japanese surface force under Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake had attacked the ship on 3 March 1942. The Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki attacked the Asheville and pummeled her with numerous hits, destroying the bridge and the forecastle. When Brown reached topside to abandon ship, most of the men he saw on deck were dead. Brown jumped in the water and a sailor on one of the Japanese destroyers threw him a line, which Brown held on to. He was then pulled on board the ship. Fred Brown was put into a Japanese prison camp, but the AshevilleâPcs only survivor died in captivity on 18 March 1945.
Contributor: Ronald Pigg (48047499)
According to RootsWeb.com, McLean-Gierman Family Tree, George died Mar 1, 1942 in Europe on the USS Ashville. However, this is incorrect as are other records because the US Navy Memorial states that he died on the USS Asheville (PG-21) south of Java when the Japanese sunk his ship on March 3, 1942 with only one serviceman surviving. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in Manila Phillipines.
The Asheville was presumed lost and was stricken from the Navy list on 8 May 1942. It wasnâPct until after World War II that the US Navy found out what had happened to the Asheville. A survivor of the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) stated that he had met in a Japanese prison camp 18-year-old Fireman 1st Class Fred L. Brown, who had been in the AshevilleâPcs fireroom when a Japanese surface force under Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake had attacked the ship on 3 March 1942. The Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki attacked the Asheville and pummeled her with numerous hits, destroying the bridge and the forecastle. When Brown reached topside to abandon ship, most of the men he saw on deck were dead. Brown jumped in the water and a sailor on one of the Japanese destroyers threw him a line, which Brown held on to. He was then pulled on board the ship. Fred Brown was put into a Japanese prison camp, but the AshevilleâPcs only survivor died in captivity on 18 March 1945.
Contributor: Ronald Pigg (48047499)
Died March 1, 1942, vet, buried in Europe, sw Harry R Pegg, South Side, Row 19 (This marker is apparently incorrect) for George Edgar Pegg.
According to RootsWeb.com, McLean-Gierman Family Tree, George died Mar 1, 1942 in Europe on the USS Ashville. However, this is incorrect as are other records because the US Navy Memorial states that he died on the USS Asheville (PG-21) south of Java when the Japanese sunk his ship on March 3, 1942 with only one serviceman surviving. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in Manila Phillipines.
The Asheville was presumed lost and was stricken from the Navy list on 8 May 1942. It wasnâPct until after World War II that the US Navy found out what had happened to the Asheville. A survivor of the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) stated that he had met in a Japanese prison camp 18-year-old Fireman 1st Class Fred L. Brown, who had been in the AshevilleâPcs fireroom when a Japanese surface force under Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake had attacked the ship on 3 March 1942. The Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki attacked the Asheville and pummeled her with numerous hits, destroying the bridge and the forecastle. When Brown reached topside to abandon ship, most of the men he saw on deck were dead. Brown jumped in the water and a sailor on one of the Japanese destroyers threw him a line, which Brown held on to. He was then pulled on board the ship. Fred Brown was put into a Japanese prison camp, but the AshevilleâPcs only survivor died in captivity on 18 March 1945.
Contributor: Ronald Pigg (48047499)
According to RootsWeb.com, McLean-Gierman Family Tree, George died Mar 1, 1942 in Europe on the USS Ashville. However, this is incorrect as are other records because the US Navy Memorial states that he died on the USS Asheville (PG-21) south of Java when the Japanese sunk his ship on March 3, 1942 with only one serviceman surviving. He is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery in Manila Phillipines.
The Asheville was presumed lost and was stricken from the Navy list on 8 May 1942. It wasnâPct until after World War II that the US Navy found out what had happened to the Asheville. A survivor of the heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) stated that he had met in a Japanese prison camp 18-year-old Fireman 1st Class Fred L. Brown, who had been in the AshevilleâPcs fireroom when a Japanese surface force under Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake had attacked the ship on 3 March 1942. The Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki attacked the Asheville and pummeled her with numerous hits, destroying the bridge and the forecastle. When Brown reached topside to abandon ship, most of the men he saw on deck were dead. Brown jumped in the water and a sailor on one of the Japanese destroyers threw him a line, which Brown held on to. He was then pulled on board the ship. Fred Brown was put into a Japanese prison camp, but the AshevilleâPcs only survivor died in captivity on 18 March 1945.
Contributor: Ronald Pigg (48047499)
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