McPhie, Donald Alma, LTJG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1944, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Utah

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hiawatha	Last Address Provo
Casualty Date Oct 25, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Philippines	Conflict World War II

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

VB-13

CURTISS SB2C-3C HELLDIVER

PILOT: LTJG DONALD A. McPHIE

CREWMAN: ARM2c ROBERT D. CANDLER

THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE
DURING THE BATTLE OF SIBUYAN SEA, 25 OCT 1944

USS FRANKLIN (CV-13)

Comments/Citation:

Memorialized at: Manila American Cemetery
Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines

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USS FRANKLIN (CV-13)

SB2C-3C HELLDIVER

1944-1944, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA

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From Month/Year - / 1944	To Month/Year - / 1944
Unit Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA Details
	On April 1, 1952, Oceana was designated a naval air station.
	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Naval Air Stations	Strength Base
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 7, 2017

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA

Bonar, Milton John, LT, (1941-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Broach, Leo Densel, LT, (1943-1951)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Norek, Thomas George, LTJG, (1943-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Brooks, Walter J., PO1, (1938-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Shane, Harold Joseph, PO1, (1935-1944)	AO	AO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Loenthal, Albert David, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Pickens, Leonard, PO3, (1941-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Ploger, Francis James, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Steele, Harry Joseph, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class

Dam Neck Annex

Edge, Walter, PO3

SH-3122

Petty Officer Third Class