Suggested edit from Contributor(47658945)
There is memorial stone in Oakwood Cemetery at Paris, Logan Co., Arkansas.
The information for the edits are from his draft record, census records, his and his father's obituaries and other records.
"Bill Carey son of Gregory Carey of this city, has been listed as killed in action, according to information received by his father from the U. S. Navy, this week. Carey, 29, was in the U. S. Navy and lost in the Mediterranean last November during an action in which 1000 soldiers were lost in a troop ship. His father was informed that he was missing in action late in December and word confirming his death was received Monday of this week. He had previously gone to Jefferson Barracks on induction from Butler County and was rejected because of his health. Later he volunteered for the Navy and went into foreign service ." From The Republican, Caruthersville, Missouri 1 June 1944
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USAAF WORLD WAR II
Passenger Pfc. William G. Carey Jr. DIS
853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation
Hometown: Arkansas
Service #18166240
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain:

Ship: HMT Rohna
Mission: Troop Transport Convoy KMF-26
Loss Date: November 26, 1943
Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria.
Cause: German guided missile
Crew: On Board 2000 · Saved 606 · Lost 1138

This was the first successful "hit" of a merchant vessel at sea carrying US troops by a German remote-controlled, rocket-boosted bomb, thus giving birth to the "Missile Age", and it resulted in the greatest loss of troops (1,015) at sea in U.S. history. Combined with the loss of ship's crew and officers, and three Red Cross workers, more lives were lost than on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.

The "hit" was so devastating that the U.S. Government placed a veil of secrecy upon it. The events which followed were so shameful that the secrecy continued for decades until recently (1967), when documents were grudgingly released under pressure of the Freedom of Information Act. The government still does not acknowledge this tragedy, thus most families of the casualties still do not know the fate of their loved ones. In 1995, over fifty years later, a group of survivors, next-of-kin and rescuers, came together for the sole purpose of enabling the creation and dedication of a Rohna Memorial.

On November 26, 1943 nearly two thousand American soldiers faced the most traumatic experience of their young lives. They woke up that morning aboard a vessel that some described as unfit for human habitation. Just a bunch of kids, mostly only a year or so out of high school. Exhibiting the expected Yankee cockiness, they were ready to take on anything the war had to offer. Having survived a Thanksgiving Day dinner the day before, things just had to get better. The sad part of it was, this would be the last Thanksgiving for over half of them!

The minesweeper USS Pioneer rescued 606 survivors of the sinking.

Visit the virtual cemetery of HMT Rohna Crew
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Suggested edit from Contributor(47658945)
There is memorial stone in Oakwood Cemetery at Paris, Logan Co., Arkansas.
The information for the edits are from his draft record, census records, his and his father's obituaries and other records.
"Bill Carey son of Gregory Carey of this city, has been listed as killed in action, according to information received by his father from the U. S. Navy, this week. Carey, 29, was in the U. S. Navy and lost in the Mediterranean last November during an action in which 1000 soldiers were lost in a troop ship. His father was informed that he was missing in action late in December and word confirming his death was received Monday of this week. He had previously gone to Jefferson Barracks on induction from Butler County and was rejected because of his health. Later he volunteered for the Navy and went into foreign service ." From The Republican, Caruthersville, Missouri 1 June 1944
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USAAF WORLD WAR II
Passenger Pfc. William G. Carey Jr. DIS
853rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation
Hometown: Arkansas
Service #18166240
Awards: Purple Heart
Captain:

Ship: HMT Rohna
Mission: Troop Transport Convoy KMF-26
Loss Date: November 26, 1943
Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria.
Cause: German guided missile
Crew: On Board 2000 · Saved 606 · Lost 1138

This was the first successful "hit" of a merchant vessel at sea carrying US troops by a German remote-controlled, rocket-boosted bomb, thus giving birth to the "Missile Age", and it resulted in the greatest loss of troops (1,015) at sea in U.S. history. Combined with the loss of ship's crew and officers, and three Red Cross workers, more lives were lost than on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.

The "hit" was so devastating that the U.S. Government placed a veil of secrecy upon it. The events which followed were so shameful that the secrecy continued for decades until recently (1967), when documents were grudgingly released under pressure of the Freedom of Information Act. The government still does not acknowledge this tragedy, thus most families of the casualties still do not know the fate of their loved ones. In 1995, over fifty years later, a group of survivors, next-of-kin and rescuers, came together for the sole purpose of enabling the creation and dedication of a Rohna Memorial.

On November 26, 1943 nearly two thousand American soldiers faced the most traumatic experience of their young lives. They woke up that morning aboard a vessel that some described as unfit for human habitation. Just a bunch of kids, mostly only a year or so out of high school. Exhibiting the expected Yankee cockiness, they were ready to take on anything the war had to offer. Having survived a Thanksgiving Day dinner the day before, things just had to get better. The sad part of it was, this would be the last Thanksgiving for over half of them!

The minesweeper USS Pioneer rescued 606 survivors of the sinking.

Visit the virtual cemetery of HMT Rohna Crew
" Click Here "