Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO

Fallen

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Service Details

Final Rank
Chief Petty Officer

Last NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler

Last NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Service Years
1939 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

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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Additional Information

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.

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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Submarines/USS Bullh...

1940-1942, MO-0000, USS S-38 (SS-143)

From Month/Year October / 1940	To Month/Year July / 1942
Unit USS S-38 (SS-143) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class	NEC MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS S-38 (SS-143) Details

	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Not Specified
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 21, 2022

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

USS S-38 (SS-143)

Harbin, Earl Charles, CPO, (1926-1942)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Jones, George Oliver, CPO, (1937-1956)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Porter, James Teel, PO1, (1936-1944)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Munson, Henry Glass, CAPT, (1927-1961)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant Commander
Chapple, Wreford Goss, RADM, (1930-1959)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant
Harris, John Soloman, PO2, (1935-1944)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Harris, John Soloman, PO2, (1935-1944)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Blair, Cleta			[Other Service Rank]
Pryce, Roland Fremont, CAPT, (1927-1957)			Lieutenant
Harlfinger, Frederick Joseph, VADM, (1935-1974)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade