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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
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Last Primary NEC
ME-0000-Metalsmith
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Metalsmith
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Primary Unit
1943-1945, USS Kidd (DD-661)
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Service Years
1943 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1911 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2
to remember
Abernethy, William Mark, PO2.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Brooklyn, NY |
Last Address
1147 E. 28th St
Brooklyn, NY
(Wife~Mary Regina Abernethy)
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Casualty Date
Apr 11, 1945 |
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Cause
Hostile-Body Not Recovered |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Pacific Ocean |
Conflict
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Okinawa Gunto Operation |
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 5 (cenotaph) |
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Bill with family 1
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May 03, 1943, Service entry date & Serial Number
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Dec 24, 1943, Reported on Board USS Kidd (DD-661)
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Jan 01, 1944, Promoted to Fireman 1st Class (E-3)
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Jun 01, 1944, Promoted to Metalsmith 3rd Class Petty Officer (M3c)
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Mar 01, 1945, Promoted to Metalsmith 2nd Class Petty Officer (M2c)
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Apr 11, 1945, Missing in action 90 Miles from Okinawa Shima
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Oct 05, 2015, General Photos2
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Last Known Activity
Kidd sailed 19 February 1945, to join Task Force 58 (TF 58) for the invasion of Okinawa. Trained and battle wise, Kidd played a key role during the first days of the Okinawa campaign, screening battleships, bombarding shore targets, rescuing downed pilots, sinking floating mines, providing early warning of raids, guarding heavily damaged Franklin (CV-13), and helping to shoot down kamikazes.
While on picket station 11 April 1945, Kidd and her division mates, USS Black, USS Bullard, and USS Chauncey, with the help of Combat Air Patrol, repelled three air raids. That afternoon, a single enemy plane crashed into Kidd, killing 38 men and wounding 55. As the destroyer headed south to rejoin the task group, her fire drove off further enemy planes that were trying to finish her off. Stopping at Ulithi for temporary repairs, she got underway 2 May for the West Coast, arriving Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard 25 May.
Petty Officer Abernethey was listed as missing in action in line of duty at 1410 (2:10PM) during Jap plane crash and bomb explosion aboard ship in waters approximately 90 Miles from Okinawa Shima.
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Comments/Citation
Not Specified
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