Weeks, John Richard, CPO

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Last Rank
Chief Torpedoman
Last Primary NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Torpedoman's Mate
Primary Unit
1943-1945, TM-0000, USS Trigger (SS-237)
Service Years
1941 - 1945
TM-Torpedoman's Mate

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Home State
Kansas
Kansas
 Year of Birth
1916
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Mapleton, KS		 Last Address
Independence. MO
Casualty Date
Mar 28, 1945		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
South China Sea		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 2 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


USS Trigger (SS-237) began her 12th war patrol 11 March 1945. She made attacks on the 18th and the 20th. On 26 March she was ordered to join a "wolf pack" to attack Japanese shipping. She radioed a weather report that day and was never heard from again. She may have fallen victim to a Japanese air and ship attack, but her fate is unknown. Chief Torpedoman's Mate Weeks was listed as missing in action and later declared dead 21 April 1946.
   
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Service number: 6621681
   

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  1943-1943, TM-0000, USS Silversides (SS-236)

TM-Torpedoman's Mate

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September / 1943
To Month/Year
December / 1943

Unit
USS Silversides (SS-236) Unit Page

Rank
Torpedoman 1st Class
NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Silversides (SS-236) Details

USS Silversides (SS-236) 		Hull number SS-236

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 19, 2022
   
   
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USS Silversides (SS-236)
Ballinger, William Franklin, CPO, (1928-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Coye, John Starr, RADM, (1933-1968) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Allison, Joe, CPO, (1943-1953) YN YN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Clary, John William, CPO, (1938-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Clary, John William, CPO, (1938-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Davenport, Donald John, CPO, (1938-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Dickerson, Darrell Ellroy, CPO, (1932-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
McMullen, Mark Gibbons, CPO, (1940-1959) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Williams, Charles Arthur, CPO, (1939-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Garrett, George Caleb, PO2, (1939-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Johanson, Lester Arne, PO2, (1942-1945) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Ball, Clarence Monroe, PO2, (1939-1943) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Jacobs, Albert Michael, PO3, (1942-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Maben, Charles Grover, PO2, (1942-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Miller, Paul Judson, PO2, (1942-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
O'Meara, William Alexander, PO2, (1940-1943) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 3rd Class
House, Van Andrew, S1c, (1942-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Kantor, Sol, PO3, (1942-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Kantor, Sol, PO3, (1942-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Zimmerman, Charles Austin, PO3, (1942-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Baker, Joseph Nicholas, PO1, (1942-1946) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Adams, Thomas Bryant, PO3, (1942-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Anders, Floyd Roland, PO3, (1942-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Bell, Hollis Fields, S1c, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Krebs, Paul Henry, S1c, (1942-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Burlingame, Creed Cardwell, RADM, (1927-1957) Commander

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