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Casualty Info
Last Address USS Reuben James in the Atlantic.
Casualty Date Oct 31, 1941
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at sea in the Atlantic with the Rueben James.
Neutrality Operations in the North Atlantic/USS Ruben James (DD-245)
From Month/Year
October / 1941
To Month/Year
October / 1941
Description Destroyer REUBEN JAMES (DD-245) is torpedoed and sinks off western Iceland with loss of about 100 lives; this is the first United States naval vessel to be lost by enemy action in World War II.