Wiersma, Elmer John, PO3

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
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
1943 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
 Year of Birth
1923
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Hull, IA		 Last Address
Lynden, 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. Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class Wiersma was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
   
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Service number: 8900589

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

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  1944-1945, MO-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Fireman First Class

From Month/Year
- / 1944
To Month/Year
August / 1945

Unit
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Unit Page

Rate
Fireman First Class
NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler

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

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NAVSUBASE
Strength
Installation

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