Quartermaster Third Class
United States Navy
Service Number 3205649
Purple Heart
Missing in Action - the Indian Ocean - USS Pillsbury (DD-227), date of loss March 1, 1942, was officially declared dead on November 25, 1945.
There are no logs or battle reports giving the details of the action in which Pillsbury, Asheville (PG-21), and Edsall (DD-219) were sunk between the 1st and 4th of March 1942. A powerful force of Japanese ships was operating to the south of Java to prevent the escape of Allied ships from that area. All three sinkings took place approximately 200 miles east of Christmas Island. After sinking the three U.S. ships, the Japanese forces retired from the scene hastily. Hence, no survivors were picked up by the Japanese warships. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pillsbury-i.html
United States Navy
Service Number 3205649
Purple Heart
Missing in Action - the Indian Ocean - USS Pillsbury (DD-227), date of loss March 1, 1942, was officially declared dead on November 25, 1945.
There are no logs or battle reports giving the details of the action in which Pillsbury, Asheville (PG-21), and Edsall (DD-219) were sunk between the 1st and 4th of March 1942. A powerful force of Japanese ships was operating to the south of Java to prevent the escape of Allied ships from that area. All three sinkings took place approximately 200 miles east of Christmas Island. After sinking the three U.S. ships, the Japanese forces retired from the scene hastily. Hence, no survivors were picked up by the Japanese warships. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pillsbury-i.html
Quartermaster Third Class
United States Navy
Service Number 3205649
Purple Heart
Missing in Action - the Indian Ocean - USS Pillsbury (DD-227), date of loss March 1, 1942, was officially declared dead on November 25, 1945.
There are no logs or battle reports giving the details of the action in which Pillsbury, Asheville (PG-21), and Edsall (DD-219) were sunk between the 1st and 4th of March 1942. A powerful force of Japanese ships was operating to the south of Java to prevent the escape of Allied ships from that area. All three sinkings took place approximately 200 miles east of Christmas Island. After sinking the three U.S. ships, the Japanese forces retired from the scene hastily. Hence, no survivors were picked up by the Japanese warships. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pillsbury-i.html
United States Navy
Service Number 3205649
Purple Heart
Missing in Action - the Indian Ocean - USS Pillsbury (DD-227), date of loss March 1, 1942, was officially declared dead on November 25, 1945.
There are no logs or battle reports giving the details of the action in which Pillsbury, Asheville (PG-21), and Edsall (DD-219) were sunk between the 1st and 4th of March 1942. A powerful force of Japanese ships was operating to the south of Java to prevent the escape of Allied ships from that area. All three sinkings took place approximately 200 miles east of Christmas Island. After sinking the three U.S. ships, the Japanese forces retired from the scene hastily. Hence, no survivors were picked up by the Japanese warships. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pillsbury-i.html
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