Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO

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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1939 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
 Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Fort Dodge, IA		 Last Address
Rockwell City, IA
Casualty Date
Aug 06, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-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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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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  1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)

MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
August / 1945

Unit
USS Bullhead (SS-332) Unit Page

Rate
Chief Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Bullhead (SS-332) Details

USS Bullhead (SS-332) 		Hull number SS-332

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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Pinder, Richard Allen, CPO, (1937-1945) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Watson, Andrew Thomas, CPO, (1936-1945) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Bell, George Lavern, PO1, (1940-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Church, Ray William, PO1, (1940-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Perry, Robert Joseph, PO1, (1942-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bertram, Walter Eugene, PO2, (1942-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brume, Ralph Murray, PO2, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Davidson, Jerry Kenneth, PO2, (1941-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Heaton, George Vines, PO2, (1942-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Marin, Roy Kenneth, PO2, (1941-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Crandall, Howard Edwin, PO3, (1944-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dahl, Elmer Mortenson, PO3, (1944-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
McDermott, Harry Allen, PO3, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tobias, Melvin, PO3, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Wiersma, Elmer John, PO3, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Davidson, Glen Milo, F1c, (1944-1945) MO MO-0000 Fireman First Class
Schmidt, Orville George Henry, F1c, (1943-1945) MO MO-0000 Fireman First Class
Burns, Richard Brammall, CPO, (1939-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Engebretsen, Edward Mitchell, CPO, (1934-1945) QM QM-0000 Chief Quartermaster
Jones, Joseph Wayne, CPO, (1940-1945) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Smith, Carl James, CPO, (1941-1945) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Smith, William Mack, CPO, (1939-1945) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Short, William Edward, PO1, (1940-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Dougherty, Charles William, PO1, (1942-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Peart, William Martin, PO1, (1939-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Roberts, John Alfred, PO1, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Smida, Edward M, PO1, (1942-1945) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Parks, William Jona, PO1, (1939-1945) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Buczek, Kadzmir Joseph, PO2, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
Ireland, William, PO2, (1941-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
Aiple, Alfred, PO2, (1943-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 2nd Class
Jewell, Fred Jackson, PO2, (1942-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 2nd Class
Anderson, Harold Andrew, PO2, (1943-1945) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Day, Charles Jack, PO2, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Fritz, Fred Christian, PO2, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Jenkins, Lester Lee, PO2, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Mannas, Oscar Victor, PO2, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Patterson, Robert Spencer, PO2, (1942-1945) SO SO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Stifter, Frank Thomas, PO2, (1943-1945) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hancock, John Lincoln, PO2, (1942-1945) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Siefken, Dale Marten, PO2, (1943-1945) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Hawkins, William Paul, PO2, (1942-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Markham, Jack Phillip, PO3, (1939-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Morgan, George Peter, PO3, (1941-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Pattengale, Robert Morris, PO3, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Ralston, William James, PO3, (1943-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Foust, Kenneth Earl, PO3, (1943-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 3rd Class
Harris, John Junior, PO3, (1943-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 3rd Class
Fahey, James Roque, PO3, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Gay, Charles William, PO3, (1943-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Gilheany, Joseph Patrick, PO3, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Greaves, William Francis, PO3, (1943-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Keister, Richard Allison, PO3, (1943-1945) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Piatt, Carl Wayne, PO3, (1943-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ritchie, Robert Joseph, PO3, (1943-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Johnson, Percy, StM1c, (1944-1945) StM StM-0000 Steward's Mate First Class
Barringer, Robert Henry, S1c, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Seaman First Class
Benner, James Donald, S1c, (1944-1945) TM TM-0000 Seaman First Class
Graves, Clyde Monroe, S1c, (1944-1945) RM RM-0000 Seaman First Class

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