Coolbaugh, Walter Wesley, LTJG

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1942-1942, 131X, USS Enterprise (CV-6)

Service Years
1940 - 1942

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town Clarks Summit. PA	Last Address Rt#2 Clarks Summit. PA (ParentsWilliam & Anna Coolbaugh)
Casualty Date Dec 19, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Solomon Islands	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1942, World War II Fallen
	1990, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2012, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
	2021, The National Gold Star Family Registry

1941-1942, VS-5

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1942
Unit VS-5 Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Junior Grade	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VS-5 Details

	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jan 7, 2021

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

VS-5

Burch, William Oscar, RDML, (1927-1962)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Reeves, Thomas Albert, LCDR, (1938-1945)			Lieutenant Commander
Austin, Walton Anderson, LT, (1940-1943)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Ware, Charles Rollins, LT, (1929-1942)	OFF		Lieutenant
Hall, William Edward, LCDR, (1938-1946)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hardy, Donald, CDR, (1935-1959)	OFF	6302	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Johnson, Earl Vincent, LTJG, (1937-1942)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
PRESTON, Benjamin, CAPT, (1939-1969)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Berry, David Render, LCDR, (1939-1945)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Kinzer, Edward Blaine, ENS, (1939-1942)			Ensign
Underhill, Samuel Jackson, ENS, (1940-1942)			Ensign