Watson, Andrew Thomas, 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
1936 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Connecticut
Connecticut
 Year of Birth
1918
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Thompsonville, CT		 Last Address
Tacoma, WA
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 Watson was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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Service number: 2071902
   
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  1940-1942, MO-0000, USS S-31 (SS-136)

MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

From Month/Year
September / 1940
To Month/Year
June / 1942

Unit
USS S-31 (SS-136) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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USS S-31 (SS-136)

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 17, 2018
   
   
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USS S-31 (SS-136)
Simpson, Joseph, PO2, (1941-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Bresette, Bernard Vincent, PO3, (1941-1944) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Abele, Mannert Lincoln, LCDR, (1920-1942) Lieutenant Commander
Williamson, Thomas Fort, LCDR, (1933-1942) Lieutenant Commander
Haupt, Edward Paul, LT, (1941-1943) OFF Ensign

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