Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Columbus P. Brewster MIA/KIA Official Date of Death: 14-Oct-44
Hometown: Virginia
Wife, Mrs. Ann Brewster Brooklyn New York
Service # 2658478
Awards: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Cdr John A. Glick
Ship: USS Bristol (DD 453) Lost 13-Oct-43
Mission: convoy escort
Mission Date: 13-Oct-43
Location: 37° 19'N, 6° 19'E - Grid CH 9631 70 miles west-northwest of Bone, Algeria
Cause: Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl)
Complement: 293 officers and men (52 dead and 241 survivors)
Completed in October 1941. USS Bristol (DD 453) participated in the following landings: North Africa, Sicily and Salerno. On 11 Sep, 1943, the destroyer rescued 70 survivors from USS Rowan (DD 405), which had been sunk by German torpedo boats off Salerno. USS Bristol (DD 453) received three battle stars for her World War 2 service.
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USS Bristol (DD 453)"
Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Columbus P. Brewster MIA/KIA Official Date of Death: 14-Oct-44
Hometown: Virginia
Wife, Mrs. Ann Brewster Brooklyn New York
Service # 2658478
Awards: Purple Heart, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Captain: Cdr John A. Glick
Ship: USS Bristol (DD 453) Lost 13-Oct-43
Mission: convoy escort
Mission Date: 13-Oct-43
Location: 37° 19'N, 6° 19'E - Grid CH 9631 70 miles west-northwest of Bone, Algeria
Cause: Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl)
Complement: 293 officers and men (52 dead and 241 survivors)
Completed in October 1941. USS Bristol (DD 453) participated in the following landings: North Africa, Sicily and Salerno. On 11 Sep, 1943, the destroyer rescued 70 survivors from USS Rowan (DD 405), which had been sunk by German torpedo boats off Salerno. USS Bristol (DD 453) received three battle stars for her World War 2 service.
Visit the virtual cemetery of USS Bristol (DD 453)
USS Bristol (DD 453)"
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Virginia.
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