Parents: Delia Edith (Parker) and Perch Henry LeGay, Sr.
Siblings: Frances Evelyn, Dorothy Eleanor, Percy Henry, Jr., and Malcolm Herbert.
Although Mr. LeGay died on Jan 16, 1944, the official date is Jan 28, 1945.
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USNR
Service No: 7620963
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the Service from Massachusetts
Seaman 1st Class KENNETH IRVING LeGAY was a member of a US Navy Armed Guard crew that had been assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. He was on board on Jan 8, 1944 as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York.
On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found.
Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 39 Merchant Mariners and 30 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Seaman LeGay's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
His name is also included on his father's headstone in Maple Grove Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; ancestry.com.
Siblings: Frances Evelyn, Dorothy Eleanor, Percy Henry, Jr., and Malcolm Herbert.
Although Mr. LeGay died on Jan 16, 1944, the official date is Jan 28, 1945.
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USNR
Service No: 7620963
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the Service from Massachusetts
Seaman 1st Class KENNETH IRVING LeGAY was a member of a US Navy Armed Guard crew that had been assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. He was on board on Jan 8, 1944 as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York.
On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found.
Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 39 Merchant Mariners and 30 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Seaman LeGay's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
His name is also included on his father's headstone in Maple Grove Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; ancestry.com.
Parents: Delia Edith (Parker) and Perch Henry LeGay, Sr.
Siblings: Frances Evelyn, Dorothy Eleanor, Percy Henry, Jr., and Malcolm Herbert.
Although Mr. LeGay died on Jan 16, 1944, the official date is Jan 28, 1945.
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USNR
Service No: 7620963
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the Service from Massachusetts
Seaman 1st Class KENNETH IRVING LeGAY was a member of a US Navy Armed Guard crew that had been assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. He was on board on Jan 8, 1944 as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York.
On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found.
Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 39 Merchant Mariners and 30 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Seaman LeGay's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
His name is also included on his father's headstone in Maple Grove Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; ancestry.com.
Siblings: Frances Evelyn, Dorothy Eleanor, Percy Henry, Jr., and Malcolm Herbert.
Although Mr. LeGay died on Jan 16, 1944, the official date is Jan 28, 1945.
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USNR
Service No: 7620963
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the Service from Massachusetts
Seaman 1st Class KENNETH IRVING LeGAY was a member of a US Navy Armed Guard crew that had been assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. He was on board on Jan 8, 1944 as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York.
On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found.
Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 39 Merchant Mariners and 30 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Seaman LeGay's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
His name is also included on his father's headstone in Maple Grove Cemetery, Walpole, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; ancestry.com.
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