Miller, Clarence Irving, CWT

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Last Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender
Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender
Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender
Primary Unit
1943-1944, WT-0000, USS Houston (CL-81)
Service Years
1935 - 1944
WT-Water Tender
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Home State
New York
New York
 Year of Birth
1915
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Stoney Point, NY		 Last Address
Stony Point, NY
Casualty Date
Oct 16, 1944		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Mount Rest Cemetery - Stony Point, New York		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
(memorial marker)

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Last Known Activity:


Onboard USS Huston, after having been torpedoed on 14 Oct and all engineering spaces having been abandoned due to flooding. The newly promoted Chief Water Tender was working with damage control parties to save their ship. The ship being towed by the USS Pawnee as part of Admiral Halesy's CripDiv-1 (AKA BaitDiv-1) was attacked again on 16 Oct. General Quarters having been sounded at 1348 Chief Miller was manning the aft 20mm gun when a twin engine "Frances" following Hustons oil slick launched it's torpedo. The result Huston was hit starboard side all the way aft at frame 145 in the aviation gasoline storage tank.The explosion blowing Miller and 9 others into the sea. Chief Miller was never seen again.
 
Ref:The Battle To Save the Houston By John Grider Miller chapter 7 page 94
   
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Service number: 2232275
   
  1939-1943, WT-0000, USS Helena (CL-50)

WT-Water Tender

From Month/Year
September / 1939
To Month/Year
December / 1943

Unit
USS Helena (CL-50) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Helena (CL-50) Details

USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena CL-50-700px.jpg
USS Helena in the South Pacific, 1943
(note: radar antennas have been brushed out by censors)
Career (United States)
Name: USS Helena
Namesake: Helena, Montana
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid down: 9 December 1936
Launched: 27 August 1939
Commissioned: 18 September 1939
Fate: Sunk, Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type: St. Louis-class light cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 long tons (10,000 t)
Length: 608.3 ft (185.4 m)
Beam: 61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Draft: 19.8 ft (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement: 888 officers and enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar
Armament: 15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 cal guns (5x3)
8 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns (4x2)
8 × .50 in (12.70 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns


Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Light Cruiser

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 22, 2018
   
   
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USS Helena (CL-50)
Cranford, Robert Marion, PO1, (1932-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Baldwin, Raymond William, PO2, (1939-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Furr, Jim Hickey, PO2, (1941-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gardner, Arthur Joseph, PO2, (1939-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cecil, Charles Purcell, RADM, (1916-1944) OFF 111X Captain
Hoover, Gilbert, ADM, (1916-1947) OFF 111X Captain
Buerkle, Elmer Charles, CDR, (1925-1943) OFF 111X Commander
Carpenter, Charles Lorain, RADM, (1926-1956) OFF 1103 Commander
Yeates, Arthur Bernard, LCDR, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Mooney, John Frederick, LT, (1939-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Washburn, Henry Stephenson, LT, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Griffin, Joseph Sebastian, LTJG, (1939-1943) OFF 110X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hansen, William James, LTJG, (1940-1943) OFF 116X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lynch, Jack, ENS, (1941-1943) OFF 116X Ensign
Bennak, John, PO1, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bidelot, Albert Raphael, PO1, (1935-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bodecker, Regis James, PO1, (1935-1941) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Krames, Edward C., PO1, (1936-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Lisko, Aleck, PO1, (1939-1943) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Trampenau, Robert James, PO1, (1939-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Dobbins, Richard Henry, PO2, (1937-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Morincelli, Edo, PO2, (1939-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Pensyl, John, PO2, (1941-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rzempoluch, John, PO2, (1939-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Zizak, Frank Edward, PO2, (1935-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Austin, Samuel, PO2, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Brown, Donald Howard, PO1, (1939-1942) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Mayo, Marvin William, PO2, (1938-1941) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Buford, Lynn Gordon, PO2, (1942-1943) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Labolle, Donald Clyde, PO2, (1942-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Lambert, Leonard Arthur, PO2, (1940-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Porter, Archie Clayton, PO2, (1939-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Powell, Samuel, CPO, (1937-1959) SD SD-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Urban, John Joseph, PO2, (1939-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Vekas, James, F2c, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Venable, Hoge Cralle, PO2, (1938-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Yugovich, Michael Charles, PO2, (1939-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
DeLong, George Albert, PO1, (1941-1947) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 3rd Class
Bailey, James Monroe, PO3, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Beardsley, Loren Leigh, PO3, (1939-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Fuzi, Eugene, PO3, (1941-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kuhr, Willis L., PO3, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Powers, Joe, PO3, (1940-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kipp, Charles Philip, CPO, (1939-1965) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 3rd Class
Flannery, Robert Joseph, PO3, (1940-1941) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 3rd Class
Allen, Robert Orville, Cox, (1940-1943) COX COX-0000 Coxswain
Cody, Claude L., PO3, (1941-1944) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Edling, Robert Norris, PO3, (1940-1941) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Rexford Carlton, PO3, (1941-1945) AOM AOM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Rexford Carlton, PO3, (1941-1945) Pho PhoM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Turner, Floyd Vernon, PO3, (1942-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Baliva, Frank, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Brandt, Walter, S1c, (1941-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Fields, Paul Vincent, S1c, (1942-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Greenwald, Robert Donald, S1c, (1939-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Langley, Wayne Lee, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Minix, Orville Ray, S1c, (1937-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Murphy, George Dewey, PO2, (1942-1947) GM GM-0000 Seaman First Class
Bishop, Leslie Haven, S1c, (1941-1943) SN SN-0000 Seaman

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