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...

1942-1944, TM-0000, USS O-4 (SS-65)

From Month/Year March / 1942	To Month/Year March / 1944
Unit USS O-4 (SS-65) Unit Page
Rank Torpedoman 2nd Class	NEC TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS O-4 (SS-65) Details

	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Submarine
	Created/Owned By ET McPhillips, Thomas, Jr. (SS), ET3(SS) 276

Last Updated: Oct 6, 2018

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

USS O-4 (SS-65)

Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945)	TM	TM-0000	Chief Torpedoman
Buczek, Kadzmir Joseph, PO2, (1942-1945)	TM	TM-0000	Torpedoman 3rd Class
Pennington, Beryl Loyd, CPO, (1931-1944)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Pennington, Beryl Loyd, CPO, (1931-1944)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Aiple, Alfred, PO2, (1943-1945)	QM	QM-0000	Quartermaster 2nd Class
Lyons, William Clarence, PO2, (1942-1944)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Odom, Ralph Devo, CPO, (1940-1946)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Odom Jr., Ralph	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Simon, Harry, PO1, (1938-1943)	GM	GM-00TM	Petty Officer Third Class
Arvan, Herbert Joseph, MAtt2c, (1941-1942)	MAT	MATT-0000	Mess Attendant Second Class
Montross, Keats Edmund, CDR, (1935-1945)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Edge, Lawrence Lott, CDR, (1931-1945)	OFF		Lieutenant
Marshall, Elliott Eugene, CDR, (1927-1943)	OFF		Lieutenant