Berry, Vernon, MM2

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Last Primary NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1942-1943, USS Helena (CL-50)
Service Years
1941 - 1943
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Neptune Subpoena
MM-Machinists Mate

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Home State
Missouri
Missouri
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
ST. Louis
Casualty Date
Jul 06, 1943		  
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Solomon Islands		 Conflict
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Kula Gulf

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  1942-1943, USS Helena (CL-50)

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- / 1943

Unit
USS Helena (CL-50) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Helena (CL-50) Details

USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena CL-50-700px.jpg
USS Helena in the South Pacific, 1943
(note: radar antennas have been brushed out by censors)
Career (United States)
Name: USS Helena
Namesake: Helena, Montana
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid down: 9 December 1936
Launched: 27 August 1939
Commissioned: 18 September 1939
Fate: Sunk, Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type: St. Louis-class light cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 long tons (10,000 t)
Length: 608.3 ft (185.4 m)
Beam: 61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Draft: 19.8 ft (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement: 888 officers and enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar
Armament: 15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 cal guns (5x3)
8 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns (4x2)
8 × .50 in (12.70 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns


Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Light Cruiser

Created/Owned By
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Last Updated: Jan 5, 2010
   
   
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1942-1943, USS Helena (CL-50)
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USS Helena (CL-50)
Hallenberg, William, LTJG, (1941-1943) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Bennett, Tobe, PO1, (1939-1943) Petty Officer First Class
Klee, Earl Irwin, PO1, (1939-1943) Petty Officer First Class
Karvinen, Richard, PO2, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Second Class
Kenyon, Vern, PO2, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Second Class
Addcox, Grayston, PO3, (1942-1943) Petty Officer Third Class
Koons, Kenneth, PO3, (1942-1943) Petty Officer Third Class
Larzelere, Harris E., PO3, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Third Class
Douglas, General Preston, S1c, (1941-1943) Seaman First Class
Wills, Charles, S1c, (1940-1945) Seaman First Class
Cannon, Homer, CPO, (1941-1973) Seaman
Krieg, Stanley D., S1c, (1942-1943) Seaman
Loges, Walter W., S1c, (1942-1943) Seaman
Edwards, Irvin Leslie, FN, (1942-1943) Fireman
Bodkin, Frank Anderson, PO2, (1940-1943) Seaman Apprentice
Klein, Herman, S2c, (1942-1943) Seaman Apprentice
Cecil, Charles Purcell, RADM, (1916-1944) OFF 111X Captain
Hoover, Gilbert, ADM, (1916-1947) OFF 111X Captain
Buerkle, Elmer Charles, CDR, (1925-1943) OFF 111X Commander
Carpenter, Charles Lorain, RADM, (1926-1956) OFF 1103 Commander
Yeates, Arthur Bernard, LCDR, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Mooney, John Frederick, LT, (1939-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Washburn, Henry Stephenson, LT, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Griffin, Joseph Sebastian, LTJG, (1939-1943) OFF 110X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hansen, William James, LTJG, (1940-1943) OFF 116X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lynch, Jack, ENS, (1941-1943) OFF 116X Ensign
Bennak, John, PO1, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bidelot, Albert Raphael, PO1, (1935-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Cranford, Robert Marion, PO1, (1932-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Krames, Edward C., PO1, (1936-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Lisko, Aleck, PO1, (1939-1943) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Miller, Clarence Irving, CPO, (1935-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Trampenau, Robert James, PO1, (1939-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Baldwin, Raymond William, PO2, (1939-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Furr, Jim Hickey, PO2, (1941-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rzempoluch, John, PO2, (1939-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Austin, Samuel, PO2, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Brown, Donald Howard, PO1, (1939-1942) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Buford, Lynn Gordon, PO2, (1942-1943) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Labolle, Donald Clyde, PO2, (1942-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Lambert, Leonard Arthur, PO2, (1940-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Porter, Archie Clayton, PO2, (1939-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Powell, Samuel, CPO, (1937-1959) SD SD-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Vekas, James, F2c, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
DeLong, George Albert, PO1, (1941-1947) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 3rd Class
Bailey, James Monroe, PO3, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kuhr, Willis L., PO3, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Allen, Robert Orville, Cox, (1940-1943) COX COX-0000 Coxswain
Cody, Claude L., PO3, (1941-1944) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Rexford Carlton, PO3, (1941-1945) Pho PhoM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Rexford Carlton, PO3, (1941-1945) AOM AOM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Turner, Floyd Vernon, PO3, (1942-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Baliva, Frank, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Brandt, Walter, S1c, (1941-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Fields, Paul Vincent, S1c, (1942-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Langley, Wayne Lee, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Murphy, George Dewey, PO2, (1942-1947) GM GM-0000 Seaman First Class
Bishop, Leslie Haven, S1c, (1941-1943) SN SN-0000 Seaman
Link, Arlo M., S1c, (1941-1943) SN SN-9700 Seaman

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