Short, William Edward, TM1c

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Torpedoman's Mate 1st Class

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
1940 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Jackson Heights, NY	Last Address Jackson Heights, NY

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. Torpedoman's Mate First Class Short was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2237284

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Memorial

1942-1943, TM-0000, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

From Month/Year December / 1942	To Month/Year May / 1943
Unit Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Unit Page
Rank Torpedoman 1st Class	NEC TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Details
	Renamed Norfolk Navy Yard in 1862
	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Naval Yards	Strength Base
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 17, 2018

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

Gurganus, Arthur Allen, C.T., (1931-1943)	TM	TM-0000	Chief Torpedoman
Landres, Leo Allen, CPO, (1928-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Fisher, Richard Kirk, PO1, (1940-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Baker, Glen Otis, CPO, (1930-1943)	GM	GM-0000	Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Jones, Joseph Wayne, CPO, (1940-1945)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Nelson, Samuel, PO2, (1936-1943)	OS	OS-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Rhodes, John Edgar, PO2, (1939-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Simon, Harry, PO1, (1938-1943)	GM	GM-00TM	Petty Officer Second Class
Glazier, John Francis, PO2, (1941-1944)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Lamothe, Joseph Norman, PO3, (1942-1945)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
George, Harry Alexander, F1c, (1942-1944)	F3c	F3c-0000	Fireman 3rd Class
Niedwrski, Jacob, PO3, (1940-1943)	F2c	F2c-0000	Fireman Second Class