Burns, Richard Brammall, CTM

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Chief Torpedoman's Mate

Last Primary NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Torpedoman's Mate

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

Service Years
1939 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Rhode Island

Year of Birth
1920

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Casualty Info

Home Town Newport, RI	Last Address New London, CT

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. Chief Torpedoman's Mate Burns was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2125113

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Submarines/USS Bullh...

1941-1942, TM-0000, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI

From Month/Year December / 1941	To Month/Year March / 1942
Unit Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI Unit Page
Rank Torpedoman 3rd Class	NEC TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI Details

	Type Surface Support
	Parent Unit Other Units	Strength Station
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Oct 6, 2018

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport RI

Easterling, Claudie Evans, CPO, (1935-1954)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Day, Joseph Eugene, CPO, (1932-1943)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Brubeck, Fred Lee, PO1, (1939-1943)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Wert, Woodrow Wilson, CPO, (1938-1960)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Gross, Harley Horace F, CPO, (1936-1956)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Kass, Morris, S2c, (1941-1945)	ME	ME-0000	Apprentice Seaman
Eadie, Thomas, LT, (1905-1946)			Lieutenant
Potter, Philip Arthur, CDR, (1941-1961)			Ensign