Pinder, Richard Allen, CMoMM

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Chief Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

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
1937 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Florida

Year of Birth
1918

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Casualty Info

Home Town Maitland, FL	Last Address Maitland, FL

Casualty Date Aug 06, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Maitland Cemetery - Maitland, Florida	Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)

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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. Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Pinder was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2682633

Submarine war patrols: USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 1st through 3rd

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1944-1944, MO-0000, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Groton, CT

From Month/Year July / 1944	To Month/Year December / 1944
Unit Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Groton, CT Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class	NEC MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Groton, CT Details

	Type Test and Evaluation
	Parent Unit Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP)	Strength Activity
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 25, 2018

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP) Groton, CT

Bell, George Lavern, PO1, (1940-1945)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Church, Ray William, PO1, (1940-1945)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Helferich, Thomas Philip, CPO, (1939-1945)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Boyd, Thomas Ray, PO1, (1941-1945)	TM	TM-0000	Torpedoman 1st Class
Short, William Edward, PO1, (1940-1945)	TM	TM-0000	Torpedoman 1st Class
Jones, Joseph Wayne, CPO, (1940-1945)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Smith, William Mack, CPO, (1939-1945)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Tiller, Forrest Sterling, PO1, (1940-1944)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Kimmel, Thomas Kincaid, CAPT, (1936-1962)	OFF		Commander