Service # 0-060162
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of Death August 2 1943 (date officially declared dead)
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing, Court 5
Honolulu Memorial
There is an additional Cenotaph in Arlington National Cemetery for LCDR Abele, Section ME, Grave 132
Find A Grave Memorial 22509098.
From Boston, Massachusetts. Lost at sea aboard the USS Grunion (SS-216). This submarine was lost after a confrontation with the Japanese Freighter "The Knao Maru". Whereabouts have been unknown until recently. It is believed it went down about 10 miles northeast of an occupied Japanese island on the far tip of the Aleutians. Recipient of the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association web site.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Mannert Lincoln Abele, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. GRUNION (SS-216), during its FIRST War Patrol, in Alaskan Waters. Lieutenant Commander Abele conducted an aggressive and successful submarine war patrol from 30 June 1942 to 24 July 1942. He pressed home all attacks in such a skillful and resolute manner that he attacked and sank in one day, three enemy destroyers of the Towlekju Class. Despite severe anti-submarine measures, Lieutenant Commander Abele brought his ship safely through these counter attacks but was subsequently lost from an unknown cause. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Name: Mannert Lincoln Abele
Relative Name: Mrs. Catherine E Abele
Relative Relationship: Wife
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
Source: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of Death August 2 1943 (date officially declared dead)
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing, Court 5
Honolulu Memorial
There is an additional Cenotaph in Arlington National Cemetery for LCDR Abele, Section ME, Grave 132
Find A Grave Memorial 22509098.
From Boston, Massachusetts. Lost at sea aboard the USS Grunion (SS-216). This submarine was lost after a confrontation with the Japanese Freighter "The Knao Maru". Whereabouts have been unknown until recently. It is believed it went down about 10 miles northeast of an occupied Japanese island on the far tip of the Aleutians. Recipient of the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association web site.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Mannert Lincoln Abele, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. GRUNION (SS-216), during its FIRST War Patrol, in Alaskan Waters. Lieutenant Commander Abele conducted an aggressive and successful submarine war patrol from 30 June 1942 to 24 July 1942. He pressed home all attacks in such a skillful and resolute manner that he attacked and sank in one day, three enemy destroyers of the Towlekju Class. Despite severe anti-submarine measures, Lieutenant Commander Abele brought his ship safely through these counter attacks but was subsequently lost from an unknown cause. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Name: Mannert Lincoln Abele
Relative Name: Mrs. Catherine E Abele
Relative Relationship: Wife
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
Source: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Service # 0-060162
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of Death August 2 1943 (date officially declared dead)
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing, Court 5
Honolulu Memorial
There is an additional Cenotaph in Arlington National Cemetery for LCDR Abele, Section ME, Grave 132
Find A Grave Memorial 22509098.
From Boston, Massachusetts. Lost at sea aboard the USS Grunion (SS-216). This submarine was lost after a confrontation with the Japanese Freighter "The Knao Maru". Whereabouts have been unknown until recently. It is believed it went down about 10 miles northeast of an occupied Japanese island on the far tip of the Aleutians. Recipient of the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association web site.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Mannert Lincoln Abele, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. GRUNION (SS-216), during its FIRST War Patrol, in Alaskan Waters. Lieutenant Commander Abele conducted an aggressive and successful submarine war patrol from 30 June 1942 to 24 July 1942. He pressed home all attacks in such a skillful and resolute manner that he attacked and sank in one day, three enemy destroyers of the Towlekju Class. Despite severe anti-submarine measures, Lieutenant Commander Abele brought his ship safely through these counter attacks but was subsequently lost from an unknown cause. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Name: Mannert Lincoln Abele
Relative Name: Mrs. Catherine E Abele
Relative Relationship: Wife
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
Source: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Rank Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of Death August 2 1943 (date officially declared dead)
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing, Court 5
Honolulu Memorial
There is an additional Cenotaph in Arlington National Cemetery for LCDR Abele, Section ME, Grave 132
Find A Grave Memorial 22509098.
From Boston, Massachusetts. Lost at sea aboard the USS Grunion (SS-216). This submarine was lost after a confrontation with the Japanese Freighter "The Knao Maru". Whereabouts have been unknown until recently. It is believed it went down about 10 miles northeast of an occupied Japanese island on the far tip of the Aleutians. Recipient of the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission and the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association web site.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Mannert Lincoln Abele, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. GRUNION (SS-216), during its FIRST War Patrol, in Alaskan Waters. Lieutenant Commander Abele conducted an aggressive and successful submarine war patrol from 30 June 1942 to 24 July 1942. He pressed home all attacks in such a skillful and resolute manner that he attacked and sank in one day, three enemy destroyers of the Towlekju Class. Despite severe anti-submarine measures, Lieutenant Commander Abele brought his ship safely through these counter attacks but was subsequently lost from an unknown cause. His courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Name: Mannert Lincoln Abele
Relative Name: Mrs. Catherine E Abele
Relative Relationship: Wife
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: Killed In Action
Roll: ww2c_27
Source: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Inscription
LCDR, US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Although officially declared dead in 1943, the USS Gunion, LCDR Abele and his entire crew were reported lost on August 1, 1942. During the time period, and individual that went missing was declared dead 1 year and 1 day after going missing.
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