Smith, William Mack, EMC

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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate
Primary Unit
1944-1945, EM-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1939 - 1945
EM-Electrician's Mate
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Home State
Mississippi
Mississippi
 Year of Birth
1918
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Brookhaven, MS		 Last Address
Brookhaven, MS
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 Electrician's Mate Smith was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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Service number: 2743809
   
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  1940-1941, EM-0000, Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

EM-Electrician's Mate

From Month/Year
December / 1940
To Month/Year
March / 1941

Unit
Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA Details

Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA 		Renamed Norfolk Navy Yard in 1862

Type
Communications 		 

Parent Unit
Naval Yards
Strength
Base

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Last Updated: Nov 17, 2018
   
   
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Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
Gurganus, Arthur Allen, C.T., (1931-1943) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Miller, Chester, CPO, (1924-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
King, Homer Lymon, PO1, (1939-1943) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Parziale, Carmine Anthony, PO3, (1940-1942) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Davenport, Donald John, CPO, (1938-1943) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class

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