Ray, Roscoe Conkling, Jr., PO1

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Signalman 1st Class

Last Primary NEC
SM-0000-Signalman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Signalman

Primary Unit
1944-1945, SM-0000, USS Bonefish (SS-223)

Service Years
1940 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Kansas

Year of Birth
1917

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Casualty Info

Home Town Wichita, KS	Last Address Hillside, Maryland
Casualty Date Jun 18, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Military Service Number 4 107 410

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Last Known Activity:

USS Bonefish (SS-223) was on a war patrol in the Sea of Japan with two other submarines. Her last communication was during a rendezvous on June 18th. Captured Japanese records indicate that a Japanese vessel was sunk on June 19th and that during an intense counterattack a submarine was sunk with all hands. It is presumed that this was the Bonefish. Signalman First Class Ray was officially declared dead 15 July 1946.

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1942-1943, SM-0000, USS Griffin (AS-13)

From Month/Year September / 1942	To Month/Year - / 1943
Unit USS Griffin (AS-13) Unit Page
Rank Signalman 3rd Class	NEC SM-0000-Signalman
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Griffin (AS-13) Details
	Hull number AS-13
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Griffin-class	Strength Tender/ Repair Ship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Oct 1, 2018

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Griffin (AS-13)

Foster, Ernest Louis, CPO, (1930-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Robinson, Harold Montie, CPO, (1942-1946)	PM	PM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Abad, Basil Martinez, PO2, (1940-1944)	RM	RM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Calvert, Charles Franklin, PO2, (1940-1943)	F1c	F1c-0000	Fireman First Class
Hickman, Harold	PhM	PhM-0000	Dentalman
Armet, Francis, HA2c, (1941-1946)	RM	RM-0000	Hospital Apprentice Second Class
Barbour, Harold Xen, PO2, (1941-1944)	F2c	F2c-0000	Fireman Second Class