Purdy, Frederick Warren, LCDR

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1942-1943, USS Strong (DD-467)

Service Years
1933 - 1943

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1911

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Casualty Info

Home Town Chicago, IL	Last Address USS Strong in the Pacific. Remembered at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Philippines

Casualty Date Jul 05, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at sea with the USS Strong off the Solomons.
Military Service Number 72 289

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2020, World War II Fallen
	2020, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2020, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2020, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page

1936-1937, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI

From Month/Year December / 1936	To Month/Year - / 1937
Unit Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI Details

	Type Surface Support
	Parent Unit Other Units	Strength Station
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 24, 2020

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI

Hayler, Robert Ward, VADM, (1914-1952)	OFF		Commander
Robbins, Thomas Hinckley, RADM, (1919-1962)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Browning, Miles, RADM, (1917-1947)			Commander
Ditzek, Joseph, CWO2, (1920-1951)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Needham, William Oscar, LT, (1930-1945)	AMM	AMM-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Abbott, Clark Tait, CAPT, (1931-1954)			Lieutenant Junior Grade