Peart, William Martin, EM1

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class

Last Primary NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate

Primary Unit
1944-1945, EM-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Service Years
1939 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Colorado

Year of Birth
1921

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Casualty Info

Home Town Eureeka, Urah	Last Address Payson, UT

Casualty Date Aug 06, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Electrician's Mate First Class Peart was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 3684659

1940-1943, EM-0000, USS Skipjack (SS-184)

From Month/Year July / 1940	To Month/Year June / 1943
Unit USS Skipjack (SS-184) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class	NEC EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
Base, Station or City Pacific Ocean	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Skipjack (SS-184) Details

	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Submarine
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 28, 2018

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Skipjack (SS-184)

Coe, James (Jim), CDR	OFF	112X	Lieutenant Commander
Coe, James Wiggins, CDR, (1930-1943)	OFF	00X	Lieutenant Commander
Coulter, Frank, CAPT, (1939-1969)	OFF	00X	Lieutenant Commander
Beck, Claude Iziah, CPO, (1938-1943)	TM	TM-0000	Chief Torpedoman
Beatty, Troy, PO3, (1941-1944)	GM	GM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Beatty, Troy, PO3, (1941-1944)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Beatty, Troy, PO3, (1941-1944)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Smith, John, PO2, (1942-1946)	TM	TM-0000	Seaman First Class
Molumphy, George Garvie, CAPT, (1931-1961)	OFF		Commander
Loomis, F. Kent, RADM, (1925-1970)			Lieutenant Commander
Grider, George William, CAPT, (1936-1947)			Lieutenant Junior Grade