Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO

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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1939 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
 Year of Birth
1922
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Fort Dodge, IA		 Last Address
Rockwell City, IA
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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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 Motor Machinist's Mate Helferich was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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Service number: 3212959

This Military Service Page was created byBersley H. Thomas, Jr. (Tom), SMCS to remember Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO. 
   
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  1939-1939, AS-0000, USS Rigel (AD-13)

Apprentice Seaman

From Month/Year
April / 1939
To Month/Year
May / 1939

Unit
USS Rigel (AD-13) Unit Page

Rate
Apprentice Seaman
NEC
AS-0000-Apprentice Seaman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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USS Rigel (AD-13)

Type
Combat - Sea 		 

Parent Unit
Rigel-class
Strength
Tender/ Repair Ship

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 10, 2018
   
   
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14 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Rigel (AD-13)
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) WO WO Carpenter (WO)
Morris, Harry Simond, CPO, (1903-1958) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Elder, Joseph Bryan, LTJG, (1925-1947) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Turner, Robert William, CPO, (1934-1950) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Ackley, Aubrey Warren, ENS, (1937-1944) PM PM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Bagley, Hollis, PO2, (1939-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Holland, Erwin Raymond, PO1, (1936-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Eldridge, Carney Leon, CPO, (1935-1944) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Harris, Clarence, PO2, (1932-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Payne, Lewis Roy, PO1, (1938-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Ramsey, Carl Raymond, PO2, (1935-1942) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Roberts, Claude William, PO1, (1937-1943) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Matney, Vernon Merford, F1c, (1939-1941) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Abplanalp., Elmer Henry, CPO, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class

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