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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
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Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
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Service Years
1939 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1922 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Thomas McAnally -Family
to remember
Helferich, Thomas Philip (*), CPO.
If you knew or served with this Sailor and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Fort Dodge, IA |
Last Address
Rockwell City, IA
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Casualty Date
Aug 06, 1945 |
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Cause
Hostile-Body Not Recovered |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Pacific Ocean |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
(cenotaph) |
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Last Known Activity
USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Helferich was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
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Comments/Citation
Service number: 3212959
This Military Service Page was created byBersley H. Thomas, Jr. (Tom), SMCS to remember Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO.
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1939-1939, AS-0000, USS Rigel (AD-13)
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1939-1940, MO-0000, USS Cincinnati (CL-6)
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1940-1942, MO-0000, USS S-38 (SS-143)
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1942-1942, MO-0000, USS S-45 (SS-156)
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1942-1943, MO-0000, USS S-37 (SS-142)
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1943-1943, MO-0000, USS Bonefish (SS-223)
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1943-1944, MO-0000, USS Bluefish (SS-222)
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1944-1944, MO-0000, USS Mount Vernon (AP-22)
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1944-1944, MO-0000, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Groton, CT
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1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
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