Rank/Rate - Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number - O-282865
Birth Date - January 20, 1922
From - Williamson, West Virginia
Decorations
Submarine - USS Cabrilla (SS-288)
Loss Date - April 7, 1945
Location41-40 N, 144-52 E, off Kurile Islands
Circumstances - Lost overboard
Remarks - Lieutenant (junior grade) Pinson "was engaged in making repairs by order of the Commanding officer. The night was dark, the sky was overcast. A moderate sea caused the vessel to roll about five degrees to each side. Ice may have been on the deck, but none had been observed. Water temperature was 30 degrees F./ air temperature, 32 degrees F. The deceased was walking aft toward the bridge. Shortly thereafter, the officer-of-the-deck heard him cry out. Recovery maneuvers were initiated at once. A search was unsuccessful. The deceased was dressed in heavy arctic clothing."
Rank/Rate - Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number - O-282865
Birth Date - January 20, 1922
From - Williamson, West Virginia
Decorations
Submarine - USS Cabrilla (SS-288)
Loss Date - April 7, 1945
Location41-40 N, 144-52 E, off Kurile Islands
Circumstances - Lost overboard
Remarks - Lieutenant (junior grade) Pinson "was engaged in making repairs by order of the Commanding officer. The night was dark, the sky was overcast. A moderate sea caused the vessel to roll about five degrees to each side. Ice may have been on the deck, but none had been observed. Water temperature was 30 degrees F./ air temperature, 32 degrees F. The deceased was walking aft toward the bridge. Shortly thereafter, the officer-of-the-deck heard him cry out. Recovery maneuvers were initiated at once. A search was unsuccessful. The deceased was dressed in heavy arctic clothing."
Gravesite Details
LT. (JG), USN Lost at Sea
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
