William James Wise enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 6451467) on 30 September 1942. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433 on 19 February 1943.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise, U.S. Navy was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. William was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead in 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise, U.S. Navy was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. William was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead in 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
William James Wise enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 6451467) on 30 September 1942. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433 on 19 February 1943.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise, U.S. Navy was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. William was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead in 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise, U.S. Navy was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. William was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead in 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman Second Class William James Wise is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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Entered the service from Louisiana.
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