Gaffney, George Albert, Jr., SM3c

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Last Rate
Signalman 3rd Class
Last Primary NEC
SM-0000-Signalman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Signalman
Primary Unit
1943-1943, SM-0000, USS Pompano (SS-181)
Service Years
1942 - 1943
SM-Signalman

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Home State
California
California
 Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
San Bernardino, CA		 Last Address
1237 Garden Dr
San Bernardino, CA
Casualty Date
Sep 17, 1943		  
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 3 (cenotaph)

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USS Pompano (SS-181) left for her patrol on 20 August 1943, heading towards the Japanese coast. She was never heard from again and is presumed to have been lost to enemy mines. Signalman, Third Class Gaffney Jr. was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 4 January 1946.
   
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Service number: 5632020

Submarine war partols: USS Pompano (SS-181) - 7th

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  1943-1943, SM-0000, Commander Submarine Division (ComSubDiv) 44

SM-Signalman

From Month/Year
June / 1943
To Month/Year
August / 1943

Unit
Commander Submarine Division (ComSubDiv) 44 Unit Page

Rank
Signalman 3rd Class
NEC
SM-0000-Signalman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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Commander Submarine Division (ComSubDiv) 44

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Numbered Submarine Divisions
Strength
Navy Division

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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Capshaw, Ross Lillard, PO1, (1937-1944) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Abrahamson, Arthur, CCS, (1942-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Weekley, Leland Stanford, CPO, (1939-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Smith, Robert Lowell, PO2, (1940-1943) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Bishop, John Wesley, PO2, (1941-1948) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Hegerfeld, Lambert George, PO2, (1942-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Lockyer, Douglas Henry Norman, PO3, (1941-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Fieber, Clifton Eugene, PO3, (1942-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Getz, Lloyd Francis, PO2, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Pinho, Alfred, PO3, (1942-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Woody, James Herrold, PO1, (1942-1963) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 3rd Class
Iden, John Harold, PO3, (1940-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Davis, Charles William, CPO, (1942-1964) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Iden, John Harold, PO3, (1940-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Lachnit, Joseph John, PO2, (1943-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Gilfillan, Howard Marshal, PO2, (1942-1945) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
George, Lloyd, PO3, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hammond, Karl Louis, PO3, (1942-1944) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Hooks, William Carson, F1c, (1942-1944) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
James, Francis Robert, F1c, (1942-1944) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Blair, Jack Lee, F1c, (1943-1944) Fireman First Class
Crawford, Glenn Charles, PO2, (1942-1945) Fireman First Class

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