Brewer, Jack James, BM2c

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rate
Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class

Last Primary NEC
BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Boatswain's Mate

Primary Unit
1944-1945, BM-0000, USS LaGrange (APA-124)

Service Years
1940 - 1946

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1922

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Contact Info

Home Town Abeline Tx	Last Address Colleyville Texas,
Date of Passing Jun 26, 1980
Location of Interment Bluebonnet Hills Cemetery - Ft Worth, Texas

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

1940-1941, BM-0000, USS Oglala (CM-4)

From Month/Year May / 1940	To Month/Year December / 1941
Unit USS Oglala (CM-4) Unit Page
Rate Seaman Second Class	NEC BM-0000-Boatswain's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Pacific Ocean

Patch	USS Oglala (CM-4) Details

	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Not Specified
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Sep 30, 2019

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories Oglala served as the Fleet's principal minelayer into the early 1940s under the command of Captain John L. Collis USN. Captain Collis was awarded the Legion of Merit as commander of a minelaying division in the Solomon Islands during World War II. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, she suffered underwater damage from nearby bomb and torpedo explosions, gradually rolled onto her port side and sank May 31, 1940, first received on board from the USS Memphis. Jun. 30, 1940 "Change in record " from AS to A2c. Sep. 30, 1941 States he will be moved to the USS Honolulu Dec. 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Muster roles blank except Name rank and serial # Dec. 9, 1941 no longer on Oglala

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