Staff Sergeant
322nd Fighter Control Squadron
United States Army Air Forces
Service Number: 37415141
Purple Heart
Missing/Killed in Action
He enlisted in the Army on January 28, 1943, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Telegraph operator and also as single, without dependents.
Max was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troopships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177s. One of the 177s, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
322nd Fighter Control Squadron
United States Army Air Forces
Service Number: 37415141
Purple Heart
Missing/Killed in Action
He enlisted in the Army on January 28, 1943, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Telegraph operator and also as single, without dependents.
Max was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troopships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177s. One of the 177s, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Staff Sergeant
322nd Fighter Control Squadron
United States Army Air Forces
Service Number: 37415141
Purple Heart
Missing/Killed in Action
He enlisted in the Army on January 28, 1943, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Telegraph operator and also as single, without dependents.
Max was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troopships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177s. One of the 177s, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
322nd Fighter Control Squadron
United States Army Air Forces
Service Number: 37415141
Purple Heart
Missing/Killed in Action
He enlisted in the Army on January 28, 1943, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Telegraph operator and also as single, without dependents.
Max was a passenger on the HMT Rohna.
The Rohna and four other troopships left Oran in French Algeria with cargo and troops. Off Béjaïa, Algeria the convoy was attacked by an estimated 60 German Luftwaffe Heinkel 177s. One of the 177s, piloted by Hans Dochtermann, released a glide bomb that hit Rohna on her port side and she eventually sank.
1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 U.S. personnel. The attack is the largest loss of US troops at sea due to enemy action in a single incident. 35 U.S. troops of the 2,000 originally embarked later died of wounds.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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