Rector, Darrel Dean, GM3c

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Last Rate
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class
Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1944-1944, GM-0000, USS Tang (SS-306)
Service Years
1941 - 1944
GM-Gunner's Mate

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Home State
Kansas
Kansas
 Year of Birth
1923
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Chautauqua, KS		 Last Address
Chautauqua, KS
Casualty Date
Oct 25, 1944		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Torpedoed
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
(cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


USS Tang (SS-306) was on her fifth war patrol when she came upon a Japanese convoy. On the morning of 24 October 1944 she had sunk three ships when she fired her 24th and last torpedo. That torpedo turned to the left, making a circular turn. Tang tried to clear the path of the torpedo, but was struck by her own torpedo and sank. Nine men survived, and spent the war as Prisoners of War. Gunner's Mate Third Class Rector was listed as missing in action and later declared dead 7 December 1945.
   
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Service number: 6280085

Submarine war patrols:
USS Seadragon (SS-194) - 4th through 7th
USS Tang (SS-306) - 3rd through 5th
   
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  1944-1944, GM-0000, USS Tang (SS-306)

GM-Gunner's Mate

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May / 1944
To Month/Year
October / 1944

Unit
USS Tang (SS-306) Unit Page

Rank
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class
NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Tang (SS-306) Details

USS Tang (SS-306) 		Hull number SS-306

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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USS Tang (SS-306)
White, James Milton, PO1, (1934-1944) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Frazee, Murray Bennett, CAPT, (1939-1966) OFF 112X Lieutenant Commander
Enos, Fred Melvin, LTJG, (1943-1944) OFF 112X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ballinger, William Franklin, CPO, (1928-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
De Lapp, Marvin Verle, CPO, (1938-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hudson, Albert Leroy, CPO, (1934-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Jones, Sidney William, CPO, (1932-1944) QM QM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kassube, John Thomas, PO3, (1943-1944) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Larson, Paul Lewis, CPO, (1937-1944) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Parker, John Jefferson, CPO, (1929-1944) SD SD-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Culp, James Henry, CPO, (1936-1944) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Weekley, Leland Stanford, CPO, (1939-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kanagy, John Theodore, PO1, (1937-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Zofcin, George, PO1, (1941-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Andriolo, Charles, PO2, (1942-1944) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Acquisiti, Raymond Joseph, PO1, (1942-1946) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Wadsworth, Charles Waite, PO3, (1942-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Accardy, John George, PO3, (1943-1944) SM SM-0000 Signalman 3rd Class
Coffin, Robert James, PO3, (1942-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Fellicetty, Daniel Clyde, PO3, (1943-1944) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Key, John Andrew, PO3, (1943-1944) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Raiford, Rubin MacNeil, PO3, (1942-1944) Ck Ck-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Roberts, James Lester, PO3, (1942-1944) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Allen, Dwayne Dale, PO3, (1941-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Bresette, Bernard Vincent, PO3, (1941-1944) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Vaughn, Paul Benton, S1c, (1943-1944) COX COX-0000 Seaman First Class
Anthony, Homer, F1c, (1942-1944) FC FC-0000 Fireman First Class
Ericksen, Lawrence Hall, F1c, (1943-1944) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Gentle, Thomas Edison, F1c, (1943-1944) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Ijames, Homer Wesley, S2c, (1944-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Beaumont, Edward Huntley, LT, (1942-1944) Lieutenant
Springer, Frank Howard, LT, (1938-1944) OFF Lieutenant
Heubeck, John Henry, LTJG, (1942-1944) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kroth, Richard Jerome, LTJG, (1943-1944) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Wines, Paul Thornton, LTJG, (1942-1944) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Pearce, Basil Charles, ENS, (1943-1944) Ensign
O'Kane, Richard Hetherington, RADM, (1934-1957) Commander

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