O'Donnell, Melvin Bernard, RM3

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
RM-0000-Radioman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman
Primary Unit
1943-1943, RM-0000, USS Capelin (SS-289)
Service Years
1942 - 1943
RM-Radioman

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
 Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Philadelphia, PA		 Last Address
USS Capelin (SS-289)

RM3 O'Donnell remains are entombed within USS Capelin off Indonesia in the Pacific.
Casualty Date
Dec 02, 1943		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Unknown, Not Reported
Location
Pacific		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
CENOTAPH
Military Service Number
2 441 280

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The USS Capelin (SS-289) began her second war patrol on 17 November 1943, but was never heard from after she left for her patrol. Although Japanese records suggest an attack was made on 23 November, the information is incomplete, and the cause of the Capelin's loss is unknown. Radioman Third Class O'Donnell was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 10 January 1946.
   
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  1943-1943, S2c-0000, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) ME

Seaman Second Class

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March / 1943
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June / 1943

Unit
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) ME Unit Page

Rank
Seaman Second Class
NEC
S2c-0000-Seaman 2nd Class

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Lange, Donald Wallace, S1c, (1942-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
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Ganley, John Francis, CPO, (1935-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Roberts, Claude William, PO1, (1937-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Ball, Clarence Monroe, PO2, (1939-1943) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Madey, Alfred, PO1, (1940-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Smith, Robert Lowell, PO2, (1940-1943) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stasik, Walter William, PO2, (1942-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stickle, Robert Glenn, PO2, (1942-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Thibeault, Jerry Louis, PO3, (1941-1943) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Zielinski, Edward Felix, PO1, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Smolenski, Edward John, S1c, (1942-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman Second Class
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Smith, Leon Clinton, PO2, (1939-1943) Fireman First Class
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