Askew, Jack Thomas, GM2

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1944-1945, GM-0000, USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
Service Years
1941 - 1945
GM-Gunner's Mate

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Home State
Arkansas
Arkansas
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Little Rock, AR		 Last Address
Little Rock, AR
Casualty Date
May 17, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 5 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) joined in exercises in the Hawaiian Islands from 31 March 1945 to 21 April 1945, then sailed to join the radar picket line at Okinawa, arriving 5 May 1945. She accounted for 7 planes during a concentrated attack by 11 enemy planes, splashed 5 of her attackers before being hit by a kamikaze and its bomb, and sprayed with gasoline from 1 of her own victims. Although 7 of her crew were killed and 35 wounded, the fires were quickly extinguished and effective damage control measures enabled Fox to reach Kerama Retto under her own power for temporary repairs.
 
GM2 Askew was among those listed and missing in action and later declared dead.
   
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Service number: 3469541
   
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  1944-1945, GM-0000, USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)

GM-Gunner's Mate

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

Unit
USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) Details

USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) 		Hull number DD-779

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Destroyer

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Oct 26, 2018
   
   
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1944-1945, GM-0000, USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
13 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779)
Peed, Richard Maurice, PO2, (1941-1945) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Fay, Leo Daniel, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 116X Ensign
Berthold, Stanley Lowell, PO2, (1944-1947) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Handley, Gilbert, PO2, (1944-1952) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
Howell, Joe, PO3, (1945-1947) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hudson, Chester Enos, PO3, (1944-1945) .M Sp(M) Petty Officer Third Class
Hodges, Paul Buford, S1c, (1944-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Pilafas, John Constantine, S1c, (1944-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Strock, Stanley Fay, S1c, (1944-1945) SN SN-0000 Seaman First Class
Anderson, Leon R, S2c, (1944-1946) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Franklin, Richard H., S2c, (1944-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Thiessen, William Anton, S2c, (1944-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
McKinley, Willard Wade, PO2, (1942-1945) Petty Officer Second Class

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