Bass, Harry Brinkley, LCDR

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1944, 131X, USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69)

Service Years
1938 - 1944

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Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1916

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Casualty Info

Home Town Beaumont	Last Address With VF-74 deployed in the Mediterranean on USS Kasaan Bay.

Casualty Date Aug 20, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location France	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Roselawn Memorial Park - Little Rock, Arkansas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lot 23 G 6 in Wooddale Section

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1944, World War II Fallen
	2013, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
	2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2018, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page

1944-1944, 131X, USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69)

From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year - / 1944
Unit USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) Details
	Hull number CVE-69
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Casablanca-class	Strength Escort Aircraft Carrier
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Aug 20, 2018

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories He then transferred to USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) as commander of VF-74. During this time he participated in the operations in North Africa. Bass died when his F6F Hellcat fighter plane was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire over Southern France on August 20, 1944 near Vanosc, France. Bass was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart posthumously.

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