Date of death, 2 March 1942, from the date of the sinking of the USS Pillsbury with "all hands" lost about 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. See USS Pillsbury article in Wikipedia. The Navy was not able to establish that information until it could examine Japanese naval records after the war, so it officially declared him dead 25 November 1945.
Date of death, 2 March 1942, from the date of the sinking of the USS Pillsbury with "all hands" lost about 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. See USS Pillsbury article in Wikipedia. The Navy was not able to establish that information until it could examine Japanese naval records after the war, so it officially declared him dead 25 November 1945.
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Entered the service from South Dakota.
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