Ritchie, Robert Joseph, EM3

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
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
1943 - 1945
EM-Electrician's Mate

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Home State
Connecticut
Connecticut
 Year of Birth
1925
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Plainville, CT		 Last Address
Plainville, CT
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. Electrician's Mate Third Class Ritchie was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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Service number: 2074200

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

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  1943-1943, EM-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Fireman First Class

From Month/Year
- / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943

Unit
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Unit Page

Rate
Fireman First Class
NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Type
Communications 		 

Parent Unit
NAVSUBASE
Strength
Installation

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