Connors, Howard Joseph, QMC

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer

Last Primary NEC
QM-0000-Quartermaster

Last Rating/NEC Group
Quartermaster

Primary Unit
1949-1952, QM-0000, USS Thompson (DMS-38)

Service Years
1936 - 1952

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town San Diego, CA	Last Address 7015 Stuart Ave La Mesa, CA

Casualty Date Aug 20, 1952
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Korea, North	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (VA) - San Diego, California	Wall/Plot Coordinates Q 516

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Chief Quartermaster Connors served aboard the Destroyer-Mine Sweeper, USS THOMPSON (DMS-38). On August 20, 1952, his ship received shore battery fire from Songin, North Korea.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2233140

Tributes from Members


	Grand Daughter's Remembrance posted by Withers, Michael D. (Mike), OSCS 523

Photo Album (More...)

USS Molala (ATF-106)	USS Dent (DD-116)	USS Thompson (DMS-38...	USS Pyro (AE-1)
USS Merrimack (AO-37...

1943-1943, QM-0000, USS Pyro (AE-1)

From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year September / 1943
Unit USS Pyro (AE-1) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class	NEC QM-0000-Quartermaster
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Pyro (AE-1) Details
	Hull number AE-1 The first of her class of Ammo Ships. *Pyro Class Ammunition Ship: Laid down, 9 August 1918, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA. Launched, 16 December 1919 Commissioned USS Pyro (AE-1), 10 August 1920, CDR. J. S. Graham in command Decommissioned, 10 September 1924, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA. Recommissioned, 1 July 1939, CDR. R.S. Haggart in command During World War II USS Pyro* was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at Seattle, WA. Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946 USS Pyro earned one battle star for World War II service Transferred, 17 July 1946, to the Maritime Commission for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 August 1948, to Welding Shipyards, Tacoma, WA. for $135,555,00 on PD-X-462. Removed 13 October 1948. 1920 photo after commissioning: 1943 photo after renovations:
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Auxiliary
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 5, 2018

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Connors, Howard Joseph, QMC

Hull number AE-1

1920 photo after commissioning:

1943 photo after renovations: