Sterling, Forest James, YNC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
YN-0000-Yeoman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Yeoman
Primary Unit
1947-1948, YN-0000, USS Redfish (SS-395)
Service Years
1930 - 1956
YN-Yeoman
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Home State
Missouri
Missouri
 Year of Birth
1911
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Trenton		 Last Address
Gulfport, MS
Date of Passing
May 22, 2002		  
Location of Interment
Biloxi National Cemetery (VA) - Biloxi, Mississippi		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 54, Site 588

 Official Badges 




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)United States Navy Memorial WWII Memorial National Registry
  2002, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2021, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2021, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


Chief Sterling is the author of the book "Wake Of The Wahoo".  This was the first Navy book I ever read and I think it's still one of the best.  I can't count how may times I've read it over the years.  It's a great enlisted man's view of life aboard one of WWII's most daring submarines, USS Wahoo (SS-238).  I would highly recommend this book to anyone, submariner or not. 
   
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Service number: 3717817

Submarine War patrols:
USS Silversides (SS-236) - 3rd
USS Wahoo (SS-238) - 2nd through 6th
   
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  1937-1941, RM-0000, Break in Service

RM-Radioman

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Unit
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Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
RM-0000-Radioman

Base, Station or City
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Break in Service

Type
Surface Support 		 

Parent Unit
Status - Special Circumstance
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Unit

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Last Updated: Aug 1, 2021
   
   
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Poole, Henry, LCDR, (1932-1966) RM RM-2333 Petty Officer Second Class
Strauss, Joseph, ADM, (1885-1938) OFF 00X Admiral
Elliott, Middleton Stuart, VADM, (1896-1942) OFF 210X Rear Admiral Upper Half
McNair, Frederick Vallette, CAPT, (1903-1942) OFF 00X Captain
Foster, Paul Frederick, VADM, (1911-1946) 00 00X Commander
Tisdale, Ryland Dillard, CDR, (1911-1942) OFF 00X Commander
Lawler, Robert James, CDR, (1917-1942) 00 210X Lieutenant Commander
Adams, Harry Atherton, LT, (1893-1941) 00 00X Lieutenant
Mann, Calvin, LT, (1923-1945) OFF 612X Lieutenant
Semple, Robert, LCDR, (1906-1943) OFF 616X Lieutenant
SULLIVAN, William, LCDR, (1918-1945) OFF 00X Ensign
Buck, Kenneth Jennings, PO1, (1921-1943) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Galbraith, Sidney Lemuel, S1c, (1917-1944) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Gaul, George, CPO, (1915-1943) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Krakosky, Wallace George, PO3, (1933-1943) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Schiller, Arnold August, CPO, (1918-1946) 00 00E Other Service Rank
Turner, Lyle, LCDR, (1906-1945) WO WO Boatswain (WO)
PITZER, William, LCDR, (1934-1966) HM HM-8452 Warrant Officer
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Graham, Merritt Dayton, CPO, (1918-1942) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Eadie, Thomas, LT, (1905-1946) GM GM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gordon, Duff, CPO, (1917-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Turner, Walter Kemper, CPO, (1917-1945) YN YN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Bedard, Leo Joseph Isaie, CPO, (1928-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Furr, Oscar Harry, PO1, (1919-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Johnson, Ole Daniel, CPO, (1932-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bidelot, Albert Raphael, PO1, (1935-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Booze, Asbury Legare, PO1, (1928-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Lafferty, Andrew Joseph, CPO, (1918-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Jones, George Samuel, PO2, (1935-1946) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Labrayere, Norbert Mark, PO2, (1934-1942) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Ryan, Walter Edward, PO1, (1923-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Kocevar, William Anthony, PO1, (1936-1942) SM SM-0000 Signalman 3rd Class
Afdahl, Arthur Marshall, CPO, (1933-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Boatright, Jack Robert, PO1, (1937-1942) GM GMG-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Webster, Raymond Eugene, PO2, (1935-1942) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Butler, Z. L., PO1, (1934-1945) BM Cox-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Ferlisi, Charles, CPO, (1933-1955) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Rollins, Ray Howard, CPO, (1918-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Roscoe, Arthur Carl, CPO, (1917-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Clark, James Edward, PO1, (1937-1944) BM BM-0000 Seaman First Class
McCrea, Harold, CPO, (1935-1965) 00 00E Seaman First Class
SPENCE, John, MCPO, (1936-1962) GM GM-5343 Seaman First Class
Taylor, Edward M., S1c, (1935-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
O'Malley, James Joseph, S2c, (1918-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Thomas, Richard Markham, SCPO, (1938-1963) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Godfrey, Arthur, CDR, (1920-1966) [Other Service Rank]
MacMillan, Donald Baxter, RDML, (1918-1954) [Other Service Rank]
Tunney, James Joseph, CAPT, (1918-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Leahy, William Daniel, FADM, (1899-1949) Admiral
Yarnell, Harry Ervin, ADM, (1897-1944) Admiral
Butler, Henry, VADM, (1891-1944) Rear Admiral Upper Half
McCRARY, Frank, CAPT, (1897-1936) Captain
STEELE, George, CAPT, (1896-1932) Captain
WHITE, Newton, CAPT, (1907-1939) Captain
Gould, Erl Clinton Barker, RADM, (1917-1953) Lieutenant Commander
Wead, Frank, CDR, (1916-1944) Lieutenant
Lesinski, Jr., John, AS Other Service Rank
Greiner, Kenneth Frederick, LTJG, (1935-1942) 00 Naval Aviation Cadet

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