Henry served as a Oiler, S.S. India Arrow, U.S. Merchant Marines during World war II.
He resided in Beaumont, Texas prior to the war.
The duties of the Oiler was to oil the bearings of the main engine and auxiliaries. He would stand watch in the engine room.
The unescorted & unarmed " S.S. India Arrow " , while enroute from Corpus Christi, Texas to Carteret, New Jersey with a cargo of 88.369 barrels of diesel fuel, was hit by a torpedo fired by German Submarine U-103 approximatley 20 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey.
The torpedo struck on the starboard quarter at about the #10 bunker. The ship caught fire and began to sink rapidly by the stern. The nine officers and 29 crewmen immediately began to abandon ship. Two lifeboats were destroyed by the explosion and a third was pulled beneath the water by the sinking tanker, drowning 18 of the 20 occupants in it.
U-103 then surfaced and fired seven shells from her deck gun at two minutes intervals from a distance of 250 yards into the bow section which remained above water as the stern was sinking. Two men died as a result of the shelling. The " S.S. India Arrow " lost " 8 " officers and " 18 " of her crew. Only " 1 " officer and " 11 " crewmen survived.
Henry was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Merchant Mariner's Medal and the Combat Bar with a Star!
Son of Buck and Mary Rebecca Moody, of Beaumont, TX.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Beaumont, Texas prior to the war.
The duties of the Oiler was to oil the bearings of the main engine and auxiliaries. He would stand watch in the engine room.
The unescorted & unarmed " S.S. India Arrow " , while enroute from Corpus Christi, Texas to Carteret, New Jersey with a cargo of 88.369 barrels of diesel fuel, was hit by a torpedo fired by German Submarine U-103 approximatley 20 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey.
The torpedo struck on the starboard quarter at about the #10 bunker. The ship caught fire and began to sink rapidly by the stern. The nine officers and 29 crewmen immediately began to abandon ship. Two lifeboats were destroyed by the explosion and a third was pulled beneath the water by the sinking tanker, drowning 18 of the 20 occupants in it.
U-103 then surfaced and fired seven shells from her deck gun at two minutes intervals from a distance of 250 yards into the bow section which remained above water as the stern was sinking. Two men died as a result of the shelling. The " S.S. India Arrow " lost " 8 " officers and " 18 " of her crew. Only " 1 " officer and " 11 " crewmen survived.
Henry was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Merchant Mariner's Medal and the Combat Bar with a Star!
Son of Buck and Mary Rebecca Moody, of Beaumont, TX.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Henry served as a Oiler, S.S. India Arrow, U.S. Merchant Marines during World war II.
He resided in Beaumont, Texas prior to the war.
The duties of the Oiler was to oil the bearings of the main engine and auxiliaries. He would stand watch in the engine room.
The unescorted & unarmed " S.S. India Arrow " , while enroute from Corpus Christi, Texas to Carteret, New Jersey with a cargo of 88.369 barrels of diesel fuel, was hit by a torpedo fired by German Submarine U-103 approximatley 20 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey.
The torpedo struck on the starboard quarter at about the #10 bunker. The ship caught fire and began to sink rapidly by the stern. The nine officers and 29 crewmen immediately began to abandon ship. Two lifeboats were destroyed by the explosion and a third was pulled beneath the water by the sinking tanker, drowning 18 of the 20 occupants in it.
U-103 then surfaced and fired seven shells from her deck gun at two minutes intervals from a distance of 250 yards into the bow section which remained above water as the stern was sinking. Two men died as a result of the shelling. The " S.S. India Arrow " lost " 8 " officers and " 18 " of her crew. Only " 1 " officer and " 11 " crewmen survived.
Henry was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Merchant Mariner's Medal and the Combat Bar with a Star!
Son of Buck and Mary Rebecca Moody, of Beaumont, TX.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Beaumont, Texas prior to the war.
The duties of the Oiler was to oil the bearings of the main engine and auxiliaries. He would stand watch in the engine room.
The unescorted & unarmed " S.S. India Arrow " , while enroute from Corpus Christi, Texas to Carteret, New Jersey with a cargo of 88.369 barrels of diesel fuel, was hit by a torpedo fired by German Submarine U-103 approximatley 20 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey.
The torpedo struck on the starboard quarter at about the #10 bunker. The ship caught fire and began to sink rapidly by the stern. The nine officers and 29 crewmen immediately began to abandon ship. Two lifeboats were destroyed by the explosion and a third was pulled beneath the water by the sinking tanker, drowning 18 of the 20 occupants in it.
U-103 then surfaced and fired seven shells from her deck gun at two minutes intervals from a distance of 250 yards into the bow section which remained above water as the stern was sinking. Two men died as a result of the shelling. The " S.S. India Arrow " lost " 8 " officers and " 18 " of her crew. Only " 1 " officer and " 11 " crewmen survived.
Henry was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war.
He was awarded the Merchant Mariner's Medal and the Combat Bar with a Star!
Son of Buck and Mary Rebecca Moody, of Beaumont, TX.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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