Casale, John Daniel, EM3

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class

Last Primary NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate

Primary Unit
1942-1944, EM-0000, USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5)

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Connecticut

Year of Birth
1898

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Casualty Info

Home Town Hartford, CT	Last Address 8 Goodman Place Hartford, CT

Casualty Date Sep 25, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Atlantic Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Normandy, France	Wall/Plot Coordinates D-3-46

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	1944, World War II Fallen
	2020, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2020, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2020, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page

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American Cemetery at...

USS Miantonomah

Normandy, France

1942-1944, EM-0000, USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5)

From Month/Year December / 1942	To Month/Year September / 1944
Unit USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class	NEC EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5) Details
	*USS Miantonomah (CM-10)* : http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0610.htm Monadnock Class Coastal Minelayer/Monadnock Class Minelayer: Laid down in 1938 as *SS Quaker* by Pusey and Jones Corp, Wilmington, Delaware Acquired by the Navy 5 May 1941 Designated as a Coastal Minelayer, CMc-5 and renamed *Miantonomah, 14 May 1941 Commissioned USS Miantonomah (CMc-5), 13 November 1941 Reclassified as a Minelayer, CM-10, 15 May 1942 Struck a mine and sank 25 September 1944 at LaHavre, France Struck from the Navy list 13 November 1944. Specifications:* Displacement 3,110 t. Length 292' Beam 48' 6' Draft 19' 8" Speed 17.5 kts. Complement 201 Armament: Two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts, two twin 40mm mounts, 10 20mm mounts and two depth charge racks Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox superheating steam boilers, one 4,000shp General Electric geared turbine, one shaft. The ship's name was first used during the Civil War era and was a Monitor class ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Miantonomoh_(1863) A second Iron Clad ship of this name was built in 1874 - USS Miantonomoh (BM-5). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Miantonomoh_(BM-5)
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Not Specified
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 17, 2020

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Miantonomah (CM-10/CMc-5)

Magargal, Stanley Richard, S2c, (1944-1944)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
Mercer, Jack Dempsey, S2c, (1944-1944)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
Wood, Wesley Lawrence, S2c, (1944-1945)	GM	GM-0000	Seaman Second Class
Lusina, Raymond Daniel, F2c, (1944-1944)	F2c	F2c-0000	Fireman Second Class
Rowe, Austin Everett, CDR, (1917-1945)	OFF		Commander
Dixon, Lewis Edward, LCDR, (1941-1944)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Edgar, Gilbert Gregory, F2c, (1944-1944)			Fireman Second Class

Casale, John Daniel, EM3

USS Miantonomah (CM-10)