Ziegler, Reginald Owen, GMCS

Deceased

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Service Details

Final Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer

Last NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate

Last NEC Group
Gunner's Mate

Primary Unit
1989-1989, GM-0000, USS Iowa (BB-61)

Service Years
1970 - 1989

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Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1949

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Contact Info

Home Town Port Gibson, New York	Last Address USS Iowa (BB-61) at sea off Puerto Rico.

Date of Passing Apr 19, 1989
Location of Interment Port Gibson Rural Cemetery - Port Gibson, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: C537

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1989, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

GMCS Reginald Owen Ziegler, of Port Gibson, NY, was one of 47 sailors killed when 550 pounds of gunpowder exploded inside the No. 2, 16-inch gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa, during training maneuvers off of Puerto Rico.

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Unit Assignments


	1989-1989, GM-0000, USS Iowa (BB-61)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1989-1989 USS Iowa Turret Explosion Incident (Puerto Rico)