Church, Ray William, MoMM1c

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Final Rate
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler 1st Class
Last NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1940 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Nebraska
Nebraska
 Year of Birth
1919
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Fremont, NE		 Last Address
USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Petty Officer Church remains entombed within the wreckage of the USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Memorialized
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
Tablets of the Missing
Military Service Number
3 166 940

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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. Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Church was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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  1940-1942, MM-0000, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

MM-Machinists Mate

From Month/Year
December / 1940
To Month/Year
October / 1942

Unit
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Details

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) 		Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max).Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948. Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class
Strength
Battleship

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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De Noma, George Robert, PO2, (1942-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
McCrea, John Livingstone, VADM, (1911-1953) OFF 111X Captain
Hardison, Osborne Bennett, VADM, (1915-1954) OFF 131X Commander
Salisbury, Stanton Willard, RADM, (1918-1953) OFF 410X Commander
Draheim, Victor, LT, (1942-1946) OFF 144X Lieutenant
Rall, Richard Redner, LTJG, (1936-1941) OFF 210X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Coulter, Frank, CAPT, (1939-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
McGillicuddy, Terry, CAPT, (1940-1971) OFF 116X Ensign
Michaelis, Frederick Hayes, ADM, (1936-1978) OFF 111X Ensign
Ganitch, Michael, SCPO, (1941-1963) QM QM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Styner, Kenneth, CPO, (1941-1945) .Q Sp(Q) Chief Petty Officer
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Brice, Cortney, SCPO, (1924-1953) HT HT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanchey, John K., CPO, (1930-1956) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
King, James C., PO1, (1940-1945) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bonkoski, John Anthony, PO1, (1930-1942) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Portillo, Damian Maraya, PO1, (1915-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Slifer, Martin Rueben, PO1, (1937-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Banzuelo, Antonio, MCPO, (1930-1960) CS CS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Arnott, Robert Everett, PO2, (1937-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Braga, Charles M., PO2, (1939-1941) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Taylor, Jarrold Clovis, PO1, (1940-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Zoeller, Albert, CWO3, (1931-1954) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Huhofski, Joseph A., PO3, (1938-1941) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Simmons, Orvin, PO3, (1940-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ulmer, Norman William, PO1, (1941-1946) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Brandt, Norbert Arthur, PO1, (1940-1944) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 3rd Class
Autry, Eligah Tice, PO3, (1939-1941) COX COX-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Baker, Henry Ernest, PO3, (1937-1941) COX COX-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Browne, Frederick Arthur, PO3, (1939-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Jensen, Edwin Frederick, LCDR, (1939-1960) CM CM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Muhofski, Joseph Alexander, PO3, (1940-1941) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Owens, James Patrick, PO3, (1940-1941) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Pace, Joseph Wilson, PO3, (1940-1941) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Rice, William Hurst, PO3, (1940-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Batchelor, William Charles, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Brekken, Evan Benhart, S1c, (1940-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Comstock, Harold Kenneth, S1c, (1941-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Haase, Clarence Frederick, S1c, (1939-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Hasse, Clarence Frederick, S1c, (1939-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
McIntosh, Dencil Jeoffrey, S2c, (1939-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman First Class
Watson, Claude Bridger, S1c, (1940-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
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DeVita, Dominick Frank, PO2, (1940-1943) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Gross, Roy Arthur, F1c, (1939-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Young, Philip Cole, F1c, (1936-1940) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Amon, Frederick Purdy, S1c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Boone, Evans, S2c, (1940-1942) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Gerdes, Hans Heinrich, S1c, (1940-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Stark, Harvey Edward, CPO, (1939-1946) GM GM-0000 Seaman Second Class
Cavell, Charles, PO1, (1941-1952) CT CT-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Taylor, Jarrold Clovis, PO1, (1940-1944) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Schuler, Max Newton, F2c, (1940-1942) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Vanderpool, Payton Lafayette, F2c, (1940-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
[Name Withheld], (1929-1949) SF SF-0000 Turret Captain Chief
Hustvedt, Olaf Mandt, VADM, (1909-1946) OFF Captain
Curts, Maurice Edwin, ADM, (1916-1960) OFF Commander
Holden, Carl Frederick, VADM, (1917-1952) OFF Commander

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