Collins, Robert Cope, LT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant

Last Primary NEC
310X-Supply Corps Officer

Last Rating/NEC Group
Staff Corps Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1944, 310X, USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

Service Years
1940 - 1944

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1915

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Casualty Info

Home Town Chicago, ILL	Last Address 7009 Boyer St Philadelphia, PA

Casualty Date Apr 18, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 5 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:

The USS Gudgeon (SS-211) left on her 12th patrol 4 April 1944, checked in at Johnson Island on 7 April and was never heard from again. Her loss is a mystery. On 7 June 1944, she was officially declared lost and presumed lost. Lieutenant Collins was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 15 January 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Sevice number: 095938

Submarine war patrols: USS Gudgeon (SS-211) - 9th through 12th

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1941-1942, 310X, USS Raleigh (CL-7)

From Month/Year January / 1941	To Month/Year January / 1942
Unit USS Raleigh (CL-7) Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 310X-Supply Corps Officer
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Raleigh (CL-7) Details
	Hull number CL-7
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Light Cruiser
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

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France, William Cook, CAPT, (1920-1945)	00	00X	Lieutenant Commander
Rauschkolb, John Andrew, SCPO, (1938-1977)	SM	SM-0000	Chief Signalman
Duncan, Pat Perry, PO2, (1940-1945)	QM	QM-0000	Quartermaster 2nd Class
Lewis, Dallas James, CPO, (1938-1948)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Frazier, William Bucklin, PO2, (1942-1945)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Mills, Guy, S2c, (1940-1944)	EM	EM-0000	Apprentice Seaman
Geist, John Willard, CAPT, (1934-1961)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Werth, James Maury, CAPT, (1941-1976)	OFF		Lieutenant
Finger, Gerald, SCPO, (1938-1969)	AG		Petty Officer Third Class
Rein, Ralph, PO2, (1941-1945)	00		Seaman Second Class
Ingersoll, Royal Rodney, LT, (1934-1942)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sharp, Lansing, CPO, (1937-1945)			Chief Petty Officer