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Casualty Info
Home Town Manorville, PA
Last Address Kittanning, PA
Casualty Date Feb 29, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 1 (cenotaph)
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Trout (SS-202) began her 11th war patrol on 8 February 1944. She was enroute to the East China Sea. On 29 February a Japanese convoy was attacked in the area assigned to Trout, and one ship was sunk, and another severely damaged. Trout was never heard from again, and may have been sunk by one of the convoy's escorts. Chief Torpedoman's Mate Richardson was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 14 April 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 2504311
Submarine war patrols:
USS Grayling (SS-209) - 1st through 4th
USS Triton (SS-201) - 5th and 6th
USS Trout (SS-202) - 9th through 11th
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