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McBride, Roy Julian, MoMM2c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town San Francisco, CA
Last Address USS Bonefish (SS-223)
Memorialized Honolulu Memorial Courts of the Missing Honolulu, Hawaii
East Lawn Memorial Park Azalea Court Sacramento, California
Casualty Date Jun 18, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Sea of Japan
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Burial at Sea - null, Sea of Japan
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost aboard USS Bonefish (SS-223)
Military Service Number 4 146 268
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Bonefish (SS-223) was on a war patrol in the Sea of Japan with two other submarines. Her last communication was during a rendezvous on June 18th. Captured Japanese records indicate that a Japanese vessel was sunk on June 19th and that during an intense counterattack a submarine was sunk with all hands. It is presumed that this was the Bonefish. Motor Machinists Mate Second Class McBride was officially declared dead 15 July 1946.
